How to Use holy water in a Sentence

holy water

noun

• The parents asked Fisher to say a prayer and bless the child with holy water.
  — Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Mar. 2021
• The truth would’ve burned like holy water on a vampire.
  — Rex Huppke, chicagotribune.com, 12 May 2021
• This time, Hughes refused the holy water; prayers would have to do.
  — David Howard, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2020
• The healing quality of holy water is the formal source of this work.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• Smith and Linney have the film’s best scene together, when Lily visits the baths filled with holy water at the shrine.
  — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2023
• Pilgrims would eagerly await the ukukus, backs bent from the weight of the ice, who would place the blocks along the pathway to the temple, to be used as holy water.
  — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2020
• Yes, a priest or friar will come by each car or bike and bless the deceased’s picture with holy water.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
• Laid on top of the eerie beats that have become the norm in his hometown, his raps cast a spell that can only be broken with a splash of holy water.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Jan. 2024
• Each volador takes a turn walking around the tree with the incense and flowers, and sprinkling it with holy water and aguardiente.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• Some of the dead were families from outside the area that had come to take nearby holy waters, said a resident.
  — Meg Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• Eventually water — of which the well has become the source of holy water for Muslims — sprung up from the ground where the baby’s feet lay.
  — Monica Haider, CNN, 16 June 2024
• Cook those coin-bugs belly-side down, and make sure to swing your jar of holy water through several ghosts to get the creamiest sorbet.
  — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• When the devil turns into a rerun, that robs him of his power faster than dunking him in a barrel of holy water.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 June 2024
• Monks who lived in a nearby monastery where both Merianos and her two daughters were baptized would come to pray for her, bless her, and bring her holy water.
  — Danielle Campoamor, Woman's Day, 3 Aug. 2020
• People deposited coins in a slot that pressed on a metal valve, and released holy water.
  — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2022
• The service also included a reading of the Beatitudes, sprinkling of holy water and the Lord’s prayer.
  — Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 9 Sep. 2021
• Air Max 97 sneakers, including adding holy water taken from the Jordan River to the soles.
  — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2021
• Now those left behind were gathered in front of Villanueva, who sprinkled the boxes with holy water and then led the relatives in a prayer.
  — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 25 June 2017
• The person selling the item included a photo of the previous owner and said the chandelier had been blessed with holy water and oil.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Oct. 2021
• At the top of the hour, suspenseful music played as Angela spritzed herself with holy water before stepping into the bullpen.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2023
• The Herrmann’s bottle of holy water tipped over for no apparent reason.
  — Sophie Hanson, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Aug. 2022
• During the ceremony, when Sineenat lay at the king’s feet to be anointed with holy water, Suthida looked away and appeared to sigh.
  — Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2020
• Volunteers brought eggs, cakes and, two days before the holiday, holy water.
  — New York Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• Basil is especially significant not just for cooking but it’s used in the blessing of the holy water.
  — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
• The truckers’ vehicles are blessed with holy water during a special Mass in honor of them and their families.
  — Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
• Fresh holy water brought from the River Jordan by Prince Charles following his tour there last week will likely be used in the ceremony.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 20 Nov. 2021
• Carminati and a fellow priest recited the rite of the dead, with a Psalm and Scripture reading, and gave each coffin a final benediction and blessing with holy water.
  — Maria Grazia Murru and Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• Regula offered a few words to the family before dousing the objects with holy water.
  — Brieanna J. Frank, The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2020
• Sometimes the chaplain needs to be pointed toward the appropriate Bible passage, and sometimes the holy water is in a Styrofoam cup.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
• But despite a suitcase filled with all the usual tools to dispatch vampires — holy water, a crucifix, a wooden stake and silver hammer — things don’t go as planned.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024