How to Use the Virgin Mary in a Sentence

the Virgin Mary

noun

• As the star of the night, Karly dressed up as the Virgin Mary.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• And how many times do people see the Virgin Mary in a glass of tea.
  — Big Think, 24 June 2024
• At the front, near the sidewalk, a tall rock pedestal holds a statue of the Virgin Mary.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
• The piece depicts Joseph and the Virgin Mary with young Jesus resting in the woods on their journey.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
• Miriam of Nazareth, best known as the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus.
  — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• To these settlers, the Mary in Maryland suggested the Virgin Mary.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• The first guest to speak, the group’s leader, stood and handed Noboa an effigy of the Virgin Mary, as if in offering.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• Called the Madonnari, the artists used chalk and pastels to draw depictions of the Virgin Mary onto pavement.
  — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
• Less than 5 percent of Italy’s streets or squares are named after a woman, and half of those are saints or martyrs or the Virgin Mary.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Around his neck, Viktor wears silver medallions of the Virgin Mary and the crucifix.
  — Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
• The famous Crown of the Andes, created to adorn a statue of the Virgin Mary, contains 450 emeralds.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• The journey from Bethlehem to Egypt was long and perilous, and it is said that the flower blossomed at each spot where the Virgin Mary rested along the way.
  — Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
• In a prelude to her wedding outfit, Kourtney wore a veil and short black dress emblazoned with a likeness of the Virgin Mary.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• Small sculptures of the Virgin Mary and a few red ribbons are scattered on side tables in their living room, alongside plastic green wreaths.
  — Fatima Abdulkarim, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
• The halo of the golden plate, evoking the Virgin Mary, as well as the cat on the hearth behind him, emphasize his domesticity.
  — Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
• Accompanying his words was a photo of Leon praying before a statue of the Virgin Mary.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• Mortality sets the stage for the most remarkable passage, where the Virgin Mary’s creamy pinkish hand carries her son’s drooping gray arm, held in a soft embrace.
  — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• Waiting for evacuation The bombardments in November shredded an image of the Virgin Mary at the compound’s entrance, ripped through the second floor of the main building, and set the roof on fire.
  — Maggie Michael, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2024
• Also found were overlapping Vs — known as Marian marks as they’re believed by some to be a call for protection from the Virgin Mary — and a pentangle that was used to protect against evil.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 29 Oct. 2024
• The artwork on display is cooler than cool, from a life-sized lowrider piñata to feminist recreations of the Virgin Mary to comedic drawings of gang members dancing with police.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 July 2024
• His decision to clothe the body in real fabric and use human hair caused an outrage similar to contemporary artist Chris Ofili’s use of elephant dung on a portrait of the Virgin Mary in the 1990s.
  — Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Examples of 17th-century gem-set rings include a gold and crystal ring, designed as a fleur-de-lys, emblem of the Virgin Mary and the Bourbons of France, as well as a gold, silver, emerald and garnet ring.
  — Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• The designs include simple circles for trapping demons, overlapping Vs (or Marian marks) that evoke the Virgin Mary, and pentangles to ward off evil.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
• To add final zing to the proceedings, nine actresses portraying different incarnations of the Virgin Mary walking down the aisles and taking to the stage to dispel the devil.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• As the invasion began, the sculptors were making statues of the Virgin Mary or angels with beatific expressions.
  — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2023
• The embedding of the Virgin Mary might be reduced to something involving her posture, gaze, and infant son; Herndon’s embedding is tied to her distinctive look.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• In Catholicism, for example, they are associated with the Virgin Mary.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
• The new imaging studies revealed that Rembrandt repainted the work several times, altering how the heads were positioned to heighten suspense and making changes to baby Jesus’ halo and the Virgin Mary’s headdress.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2023
• The seeming miracle of her shortly thereafter becoming pregnant — a 21st-century answer to the Virgin Mary — quickly turns sinister, as Cecilia’s body and her faith both rapidly turn against her.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
• But beyond pictures of the Virgin Mary, images of pregnancy are largely absent from the Western canon; images of labor, practically nonexistent.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024