How to Use bible in a Sentence

bible

noun
  • The book is famous among foodies—it's the gourmet's bible.
  • The magazine is now considered the bible of the plastics industry.
  • She gave each of her grandchildren a Bible.
  • Harris was sworn in as vice president on Shelton’s family bible.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 21 July 2024
  • This is the Cave of Ascent, which Bill named in his bible.
    Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The result is the new bible of ’80s hard-rock and glam-metal.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The king then swore on the bible to uphold laws governed by the Church of England.
    Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • In 1990, Kate Moss posed in a pair for the Face magazine, a British alt-style bible.
    Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Despite its heavy binding and gold-lined pages, her book is not a bible.
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 7 May 2018
  • The list, released in June 2017 issue of the magazine, is a bible of sorts for Texas meat eaters.
    Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 16 May 2018
  • In a backpack left at the scene, police found a copy of the Constitution and a bible.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • There will be bibles, greeting cards, gifts, children’s books and more.
    Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The manifesto felt like a cross between a playbook and a bible.
    Katherine Goldstein, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • This section of the book isn’t intended to be a Thai wine-pairing bible.
    Gabe Ulla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Like something out of the bible, a second coming appears to be on the horizon.
    SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Haunted by Original Sin In the bible, nakedness is a source of shame.
    Annette Kämmerer, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Pro tip: Their wine selection is as thick as a bible and has by-the-bottle and glass options.
    Axios Charlotte Team, Axios, 19 July 2024
  • Candle sculptures line the lower part of the dome, like those on the menorah described in the bible, Campos said.
    James Carr, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Sullivan has been a group leader for bible camp and Gospel Time, events that get younger kids involved in the church.
    Kenny Levine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Other kids would miss mid-week bible study because of a sports practice.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2019
  • They were found tied up and had been tortured and beaten with bibles and wooden cudgels.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2020
  • In one image from the post, the pair are holding hands in front of an officiant reading from what looks like a bible.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
  • If guys want to focus on their basketball, their bodies and their bible, Auburn is a great place to come.
    James Crepea, AL.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • This tongue-in-cheek reference guide became my bible that first year.
    Lorraine Duffy Merkl, Town & Country, 8 Oct. 2015
  • The fielding bible ranked him ninth in 2022 among first basemen in Defensive Runs Saved.
    Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Getting the details felt important, and so my bibles were the memoirs.
    Thomas Gebremedhin, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
  • If there’s a relationship bible, this would be it—and for good reason.
    Anne Roderique-Jones, SELF, 7 Oct. 2018
  • The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed this as the world's smallest bible, at just five by five millimeters.
    Kelly Potts, Woman's Day, 9 Dec. 2014
  • In 2014 such dishes won Mr Sackmann his second star in the Michelin Guide, the gastronome’s bible.
    The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
  • For the first time in his 30-plus year career, Usher is gracing the cover of Vogue magazine, but some fans aren’t feeling such a warm welcome from the fashion bible.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024

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