How to Use religious in a Sentence

religious

adjective

• His wife is very active in the church, but he's not religious himself.
• Religious leaders called for an end to the violence.
• My religious beliefs forbid the drinking of alcohol.
• And then the fourth book will be about her religious life.
  — April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
• That’s a huge thing about coming out of a group like this or any kind of religious cult.
  — Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• He was once denied a visa to the U.S. on religious freedom grounds.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
• Yet your dark humor really riled up the religious right in the ‘70s and ‘80s.
  — Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023
• The Hamas Covenant is an affront to religious freedom and human rights.
  — The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• For many in the West, New Year's lost much of its religious significance.
  — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
• The South Korean woman in her 20s or 30s came to the U.S. this summer to join a religious group, police have said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
• The Iowa Capitol’s displays do not have to be religious in nature.
  — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
• There’s heated debate among the survivors as to whether this would be a crime, or worse, a sin, since most of them are to some degree religious.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
• Just remember to bring a wrap or a sweater with you to go into any religious landmarks.
  — Town & Country, 18 July 2023
• Many of us who were raised in religious extremism don’t live in our bodies.
  — Michelle Dowd, Time, 14 June 2023
• In doing so, the nation has relaxed a number of religious laws.
  — TIME, 24 Jan. 2024
• The group traces its history to a religious revival movement for the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam in the late 1990s.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023
• What’s more, they had been asked to commit to this religious role before being told where they would be stationed.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• Chad has authored many religious fiction books and is Lori's fifth husband.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• The religious service marks a rare moment of company for many, after two years of whirlwind change around them.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• The youngest of nine children, she had been raised in a religious cult in rural Washington and moved to Klamath Falls with her family at age 9, Schwartz said.
  — oregonlive, 1 June 2023
• His life was a search for a higher meaning, a religious belief structuring his world.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Mar. 2024
• There, a deeply religious woman has married her beloved, but her mind and heart soon grow heavy as her life becomes a long list of chores and expectations.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 12 Feb. 2024
• Inside the ‘90s-era Lizard Lounge, this was a religious experience of a different kind.
  — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
• Jiang was charged with threats of bodily harm and carrying a dangerous weapon in a place of religious worship.
  — Chad Murray, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023
• The Meiteis are largely Hindu and the Kukis largely Christian, but the violence has been more along ethnic lines than religious.
  — Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• The app is a global platform used in virtually every country and language, and Muslims are one of the world’s largest religious groups.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• The origins of Mother's Day also derive from the religious roots of Mothering Sunday.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
• Ancient Greeks came here only every four years, during the religious festival that featured the Olympic Games.
  — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
• The Founding Father would be ashamed of the state’s use of political power against religious expression.
  — Lathan Watts, National Review, 1 Sep. 2023
• Resting inside a glass case is a tallit – a thin religious cloth traditionally worn by Jews in prayer and during burial.
  — Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024