How to Use anoint in a Sentence

anoint

verb

• The magazine anointed her the most popular actress of the year.
• So think it’s a little quick to anoint it the best in Denver since 2015.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2020
• Al assumes he’s come to anoint himself The Bringer of Law.
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• The Times was on the scene that day, when Joyner-Kersee was anointed as the greatest athlete in the world.
  — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2023
• If their name is Stew or Stu, they’ll be anointed a guest of honor.
  — Shera Avi-Yonah, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
• Although he was anointed the ur-tech bro of the week, Smith doesn’t have much VC slickness.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
• The siblings anoint each other, bond, and then tear each other to pieces.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
• These days the media is quick to anoint athletes into this club.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
• Yet new coach Sonny Dykes isn’t ready to anoint anyone just yet.
  — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
• Sometimes fragrant substances, like myrrh, were used to anoint the body.
  — National Geographic, 10 Dec. 2019
• Kyle Shanahan isn’t ready to anoint the division supreme.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Sep. 2021
• So to be anointed in that way is like getting a blessing from the Pope or being knighted by the Queen.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Still, manager Bud Black has retained enough faith in Davis to anoint him the 2020 closer.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2020
• Using a dab of anointing oil on his gloved thumb, Nalty touched it to the woman’s forehead.
  — USA Today, 15 Apr. 2020
• The oldest object is a 12th-century spoon, which will be deployed to anoint Charles with holy oil.
  — Marisa Bellack, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2023
• The posters can be purchased alone or framed and ready to anoint the wall with caffeinated inspiration.
  — Leah Koenig, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• In years past, when Saguaro would boat-race the 4A competition, not a lot of people put enough stock into it to anoint Saguaro as the state's best team.
  — Richard Obert, azcentral, 4 Dec. 2019
• Majors was thrilled to be swept up in a whirlwind that had anointed him the hottest, freshest face in Hollywood.
  — Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2023
• Neither man knew if anyone would be coming in for last-minute prayer books or anointing oil.
  — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2020
• As encouraging as Eason looked, the Colts aren’t going to anoint him just yet.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2020
• When the coaching staff recruited Moore, a five-star prospect from Detroit, many anointed him as the future.
  — Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Rather than replicating the Emmys' outpouring of love for Schitt's Creek, the Globes will look to anoint a new queen of comedy.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• The rush to declare a Klobosurge is premature at best, however, as is the impulse to anoint Klobuchar as the true counter to Trump in 2020.
  — Edward Morrissey, TheWeek, 12 Feb. 2020
• Iowa often acts more as a bar bouncer than a kingmaker, culling the field but not anointing a leader.
  — Jennifer Jacobs, Bloomberg.com, 15 May 2020
• So Charles retained the custom by which the monarch, when anointed with oil by the Dean of Westminster, does so out of view, behind a special screen.
  — Sarah Lyall, BostonGlobe.com, 7 May 2023
• Many, and not only Never Trumpers, would be relieved if the president dropped out of the race and declined to anoint a successor.
  — WSJ, 7 July 2020
• And brands quickly took notice by anointing bloggers with bags, front-row seats and lavish gifts.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
• There is no mechanism in the N.B.A.’s bylaws to anoint a champion without the playoffs.
  — Marc Stein, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2020
• Its reward would be to stay in the third slot in the primary calendar as the state that may well anoint the nominee rather than merely winnow the field.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
• The anointing spoon and ampulla, from which the Chrism oil was poured during the church service, are also there to see in all their golden glory.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 25 May 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024