How to Use worship in a Sentence

worship

1 of 2 verb
  • Many ancient cultures worshipped the sun and moon.
  • I worship God in my own way.
  • They worship at this temple.
  • The Mayans worshipped Ah-Muzen-Cab, the god of bees and honey.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Read through these praise and worship songs and choose a few that speak to your heart.
    Jorie Nicole McDonald, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024
  • And, what’s more, the theme was idols, which people worship as icons.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 5 July 2023
  • Cobbs Leonard also won praise and worship album of the year for Hymns.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • Ramadan is a time for hard work (fasting isn’t easy!), worship, and prayer.
    Manal Aman, Woman's Day Magazine, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The men and women who worship at Sacred Heart have much to be angry about.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • We've been forced to craft new ways to continue day-to-day routines of work, school, worship and play.
    George Negron, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • This country can and should be a great place to live, worship, raise a family, and enjoy the trappings of the good life.
    Rich Logis, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The next evening, the congregation gathered to worship again.
    New York Times, 30 May 2022
  • Today, many of their descendants worship at the church.
    Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Also, over the weekend, thousands gathered in the town square to worship and pray for healing.
    Rebekah Castor, Fox News, 31 May 2022
  • There isn’t a writer in any part of the world who is worshiped as fiercely by his own people as Rabindranath Tagore is by the Bengalis.
    Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The risks of worshipping work There are perils to treating work like a religion.
    Theara Coleman, theweek, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Members offer rides to migrants who want to worship there.
    Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The number of Democrats who worshiped at the Stalinist altar was never more than a sliver of the party.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • New research published in Antiquity concludes the basin was used both to worship the god Ba’al and track the movement of the stars.
    Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
  • It’s humbling and appropriate as the world has shifted from being quick to worship DJs as the new rock stars.
    Lina Abascal, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Everyone is owed a Sabbath, not just those who worship your way; the Sabbath is not only for you and yours but for all.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • In the 2010s, emo gets both smaller (waves of principled revival bands) and bigger (rap stars who worship Paramore).
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Families attend the pageant as a way to spend time together and worship.
    Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Israel has said there has been no change to the status quo, which allows only Muslims to worship at the compound.
    Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
  • That’s not an issue for Friendship-West Baptist Church, where the sisters worship.
    Tyler Davis, Dallas News, 19 June 2023
  • The existence of the Singing Center allowed the quartets to worship and entertain freely.
    Arkansas Online, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And there is nothing gay about Easter, a day when a bunch of male priests worship a shirtless guy with great abs, then talk about wanting to eat his body.
    Ilana Kaplan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Coming down from the mountain, Moses found his people worshiping a golden calf and, in anger, shattered the holy tablets.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The dominant religion in Westeros is the Faith of the Seven — although some places like the North still worship the old gods.
    Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Tradition has it that the mountains are gods, ancestral deities that the Salalis, as locals are known, worship.
    Yashraj Sharma, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
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worship

2 of 2 noun
  • Worship services are held daily.
  • Hard by the courtyards was the Church of San Pablo, a Catholic house of worship.
    Franz Lidz Meghan Dhaliwal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • To hear Khaled speak of Drake is its own brand of idol worship.
    Shirley Halperin, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • The dance floor is like an art gallery, or a house of worship, or a classroom.
    Condé Nast, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Khan added that this theft is part of a string of such crimes at mosques and other places of worship across the U.S.
    Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the clip, Carpenter also drives away from the house of worship in a pink hearse.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • In Hinduism, there are many gods, many holy places, and many styles of worship.
    Ramachandra Guha, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • This damp corner of the hill, covered in roots, moss, and ferns, was still alive as a place of worship.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The effect is half haunted house, half place of worship.
    Catherine Bennett, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Pool’s last worship service took place about 1928, and the school probably closed then as well.
    Mary Ann Ashcraft, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
  • Gibney plays as Abi Quinn, his wife and worship leader.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Their stroll to the Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market turned into a stop at the storied house of worship.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2023
  • The synagogue was among the first Jewish places of worship to be destroyed in Hitler’s Germany.
    Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • Yes: The latter is used if the ceremony is held in a house of worship; the former if it is held elsewhere.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • And now gun violence has come for our places of worship, our schools and our shopping centers.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • And now, gun violence has come for places of worship, our schools and our shopping centers.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Nothing spreads the gospel of rabbit rescue quite like bunny yoga at a house of worship.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • My mother would prep every food item, all while taking time out for prayers and other forms of worship.
    Zainab Khan, ELLE, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Some of the buildings in these areas are over 100 years old and include houses, businesses and places of worship.
    Rachel Gold, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The Nation of Islam was founded in Detroit in 1930 and founded its first house of worship in Detroit.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The most important thing is to use this time to get closer to Allah—and, above all, that means increasing your worship in a safe and healthy way.
    Azmia Ricchuito, SELF, 7 Mar. 2024
  • In Delhi, India, where Taseer grew up, quick trips for the purpose of worship were commonplace.
    John McHugo, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • That house of worship is long gone, but a nearby building, constructed on the site of the old church, was named in honor of Sojourner Truth in 1991.
    Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The choirs in the special were recorded in various houses of worship in both San Diego and Tijuana.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Several churches and places of worship opened their doors for prayer following the announcement of the boys’ deaths.
    Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The consumerism and the celebrity worship felt unique to Love has Won, and especially American.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Beyond being deserving of rights, The Creator seeks to ask if AI might be worthy of worship.
    WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The church was not just considered a place of worship but one of the cultural centerpieces of the Brooklyn neighborhood.
    Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
  • But she was drawn to the church’s high-tech worship, fun lobby photo booths, and focus on family services.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Musts on the east bank, site of the ceremonial temples: the Karnak complex, the largest place of worship in the ancient world, and Luxor Temple.
    Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 June 2023

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