How to Use holy city in a Sentence

holy city

noun

• In the holy city of Najaf, the dead from Nasiriyah were laid to rest.
  — Fox News, 14 July 2021
• Yamani was born in Mecca in 1930, when camels still roamed the streets of the holy city.
  — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2021
• The route began as an overnight train out of Iran's holy city of Mashhad.
  — Nasser Karimi, USA TODAY, 8 June 2022
• The cemetery is more than 170 years old and houses prominent members of the armed forces and clergy in the holy city.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
• Kamel has also discussed the situation in Jerusalem and ways to ease tensions in the holy city.
  — Samy Magdy, USA TODAY, 30 May 2021
• As often happens, the exclusive claims to parts of the holy city often turn deadly.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 May 2021
• The war erupted on May 10 when Hamas, calling itself the defender of the holy city, launched a barrage of rockets at Jerusalem.
  — Josef Federman, ajc, 7 June 2021
• Saddam Hussein had just finished blasting away at Shi’a rebels in the holy city of Najaf.
  — Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
• Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam, among faith, prayer, charity and the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
  — Jason Gonzalez, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2022
• Visitors pay homage to Kabir at a shrine in the holy city of Varanasi, where the poet grew up, and also at a tomb a few hours north in Maghar, said to hold the remains of the poet.
  — Kalpana Jain, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• Iraqis typically march in the thousands to commemorate the day in the holy city of Karbala and emotions run high in the days leading up to it.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2022
• Israelis and Palestinians both claim the holy city as their capital.
  — Tracy Wilkinson Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2021
• Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday evening, some taking rare aim at the holy city.
  — Dina Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2021
• The remarks were uttered in Qom, considered a holy city in Siha Islam.
  — Ahktar Makoii, CNN, 4 Dec. 2022
• After telling the story of Jesus’s birth and the beginning of His public ministry, Luke narrates the bulk of his Gospel as a slow progression to the holy city.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 9 Apr. 2023
• Mashhad, a Shiite holy city, is 460 miles east of the Iranian capital, Tehran.
  — Jon Gambrell, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2022
• The streets of this holy city (the film was shot in and around Matera, Italy) bustle with action and teem with intergenerational families.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2024
• Mohsen Fakhrizadeh grew up in a conservative family in the holy city of Qom, the theological heart of Shia Islam.
  — New York Times, 18 Sep. 2021
• Protests and clashes in the holy city during Ramadan last year eventually ignited an 11-day Gaza war.
  — Joseph Krauss, ajc, 8 Apr. 2022
• Jerusalem, especially, was a source of contention: Israelis and Palestinians alike claimed the holy city as their capital.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2024
• Two emanations of the holy city of Los Angeles; two distinct transits across the firmament.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2023
• Ebrahimi plays the character of Rahimi, a female journalist who goes undercover in the holy city of Mashhad in order to catch Hanaei.
  — Armani Syed, Time, 28 Oct. 2022
• But his decision, citing Israel's refusal to grant permission for voting in east Jerusalem, also helped clear the way for Hamas to draw attention to Abbas' weakness in the holy city.
  — Joseph Krauss, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021
• This is the view of Ukraine as a religious hot spot, where competing claims to a holy city, Kyiv, can be traced back hundreds of years, and where religious commitments and rivalries are deeply enmeshed in the society.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022
• Known for its vibrant atmosphere and great food, Tel Aviv is less than an hour away from Jerusalem, convenient for travelers who plan to also experience the ancient holy city.
  — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
• How does a holy city not just foster but actively embolden prostitution, a drug trade and reckless slaughter?
  — Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• With its haunting chorus line referencing the holy city, the song does have religious lyrics in Zulu, its upbeat tempo means its greatest reach has been outside the walls of any church or synagogue.
  — Norma Young, Quartz Africa, 18 Sep. 2020
• One of the divides in the Shiite world separates those who pledge allegiance to the top religious scholars in Najaf or in the Iranian holy city of Qom, its theological rival.
  — Jane Arraf, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• The holy city of Mecca is considered the number one destination for faith tourists (20 million annual visitors).
  — Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
• Fatemeh Sepehri, an Iranian women’s rights activist based in the holy city of Mashhad, appeared on a satellite television channel to harshly criticize the regime for killing protesters.
  — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024