How to Use anoint in a Sentence

anoint

verb

• The magazine anointed her the most popular actress of the year.
• Members believe the sick will be anointed by elders and that their faith will heal all ailments.
  — Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 6 June 2017
• Green said — the Padres aren’t ready to anoint the 24-year-old a late-inning regular just yet.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2017
• Not because Harris was anointed the next emperor with no clothes.
  — Ted Trimpa, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
• A mother brought her child up to the microphone and asked if he could be anointed as a member of the Stark family.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2017
• These Finals anointed and stabilized one, and forced the other to ponder his future.
  — Adam Kilgore, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
• During the sacramental rite, a priest anointed them with oil and invoked the Holy Spirit.
  — Tim Funk, charlotteobserver, 2 June 2017
• Anointed with its new name, the product was buoyed by a heavy advertising effort that emphasized its versatility.
  — Ayalla A. Ruvio, Smithsonian, 6 July 2017
• Winfrey, who was anointed a Disney Legend on Friday, cried out to the crowd of thousands that everybody gets a poster!
  — Lindsey Bahr, The Seattle Times, 15 July 2017
• When it was seized in early 2014, the northern Syrian city was anointed as the nerve center of the group's sprawling bureaucracy.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 6 June 2017
• He was anointed the official mascot for Manatee County in 1979.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 July 2017
• He was anointed the official mascot for Manatee County in 1979.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 24 July 2017
• Two members of an Oregon church that shuns traditional medicine in favor of prayer and anointing the sick with oils were arrested Monday in the death of their premature baby.
  — Steven Dubois, idahostatesman, 5 June 2017
• To protect the sanctity of the most sacred coronation ritual, however, Elizabeth is shielded from the cameras by a golden canopy as she is anointed queen.
  — vanityfair.com, 22 June 2017
• 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
• Democrats didn’t want to just anoint Pelosi as leader again.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 1 July 2018
• He’s been anointed, crowned, and feted as the next big thing.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 18 July 2024
• 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
• But by whose measure should he be anointed as the favorite?
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• But Washington isn’t ready to anoint his young shortstop a Gold Glover just yet.
  — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
• 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
• Calls to anoint the backup, dual-threat transfer Jayden Maiava, have grown louder and louder among a vocal and frustrated fan base.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024