How to Use altar in a Sentence

altar

noun

• After the song wraps with a sweet harp, the clip zooms into a burning fire at the altar.
  — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2022
• As a girl, I was not allowed to serve at Mass, to set foot on the altar.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• Decisions on whether to stay together or break up are made at the altar.
  — Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2022
• In the middle of it all was an altar, an offering of gratitude.
  — Wendy Goodman, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2022
• The family had the ashes in an urn on an altar in their East Bay home for three years.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
• Families wait with respect and devotion for the souls to return and share the food and drink on the altar.
  — Arath Zumaya Muñoz, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
• The couple shares their journey to the altar on Paris in Love, which premiered on E!
  — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• Every week for almost a year, Oscar Martinez has replaced the flowers on his son’s altar with fresh ones.
  — Annie Sweeney, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2022
• All in all, only two couples made it to the altar, and as of After the Altar, those two couples are the only ones together.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 7 Mar. 2022
• Throughout the day, Vietnamese students and nearby Japanese residents come in to pray at the altar and talk with her and her staff.
  — Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2022
• The pair was among the five couples who made it to the altar after getting engaged in the pods during season 2 of the Netflix reality show.
  — Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 27 Feb. 2022
• While there, the royal couple placed sunflowers—the national flower of Ukraine and a symbol of solidarity—on the altar.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 4 Mar. 2022
• Guests took their seats, and the couple walked to the altar.
  — Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 14 July 2023
• To me, those tiny altars were the pilot lights of our house.
  — Victor Lodato, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
• Fame trumps all, and the media fawn and favor at the altar.
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Make sure to cleanse the altar with sage or sweetgrass.
  — Nena Farrell, Sunset Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
• And what’s the deal with Taissa’s out-of-body episodes and creepy altar in the basement?
  — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2023
• Standing hand in hand at the altar, my heart skipped a beat.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
• The orb will be placed in King Charles' right hand before its placed at the altar.
  — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• Does that open the door wider for Skydance to get Paramount to the altar?
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 May 2024
• The bride met the groom at the altar wearing a Monique Lhuillier dress and bolero.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2024
• The former couple were one of the few matches from the show who made it down the altar.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
• The relics will be displayed on a table in the center aisle near the altar.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
• Wipe down the altar and the items on it before placing them back.
  — Zayda Rivera, Parents, 2 July 2024
• An old man in a driving hat takes a seat by the altar, leans over, and ties his shoes.
  — Anna Deforest, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• This is Williams’ fourth time at the altar, about a year and a half after the death of his third wife, Mary Jane Thomas.
  — al, 12 Sep. 2023
• It is then placed on the altar before the moment of crowning.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• Channing Tatum and Zoë Kravitz are headed to the altar!
  — Melody Chiu, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• From altars to recipes, here are all the ways The Times commemorated the Day of the Dead.
  — Christian Orozco, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
• The issue is that his great-uncle jilted my great-aunt at the altar in the 1970s.
  — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024