How to Use baptism in a Sentence

baptism

noun

• He received the sacrament of baptism as an infant.
• There were over 100 baptisms at our church last year.
• The website is used to do family tree searches and for church members to record baptisms of the dead.
  — Brady McCombs, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2018
• Tragedy struck a mass baptism in an African lake when a crocodile leaped from the water and killed the presiding pastor.
  — Matthew Diebel, ajc, 6 June 2018
• Considering three of the club's four youngest players are center backs, 2018 could've been a baptism by fire.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2018
• Footage of a priest slapping a crying baby during a baptism has made its way around the internet, sparking outrage among social media users.
  — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2018
• Aside from being used to hold alcohol, the Stanley Cup has also been used for a baby’s baptism, as a soup bowl and as a bowl for pasta.
  — Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 9 June 2018
• Buzz60 Tragedy struck a mass baptism in an African lake when a crocodile leaped from the water and killed the presiding pastor.
  — Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
• Confirmation Catholic teens are confirmed in their faith as one of the three most important sacraments (along with baptism and the Eucharist).
  — Jennifer O'Donnell, Parents, 8 July 2024
• Last year there were the fewest South Baptist baptisms since 1947—a clear sign of the church’s waning vitality.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 June 2018
• Princess Charlotte's baptism took place in a different location, however.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2018
• The proxy baptisms do not automatically convert dead people to Mormonism.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• According to the Telegraph, lake and riverside baptisms are common in many African countries, the risks notwithstanding.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 5 June 2018
• According to The Telegraph, Protestant baptism services in Africa are often conducted by rivers or lakes.
  — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 7 June 2018
• Several years after my baptism, the cardinal of her local archdiocese retired, leaving the organization deep in debt.
  — Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
• That night was like a baptism in the blues and rock and roll.
  — Ron Hart, SPIN, 1 Apr. 2023
• The lines just beg to be echoed by a crowd in some baptism of sweat and cheap beer.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2021
• The effect was a crowning and a baptism at the same time.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 20 June 2023
• There’s no harm in doing the baptism and taking the cash for the good of your child.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• And, lucky me, the next frigid baptism would be before dawn in four days.
  — Tim Folger, National Geographic, 17 Nov. 2020
• The baptism, the statement says, took place in Seine-et-Marne but does not say when.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 26 June 2018
• Tim, by this time very sick from AIDS, showed up at court for the adoption, and at church for the baptism.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Oct. 2021
• One pastor prayed with her and signed her up for a baptism.
  — Kitra Cahana, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2023
• Make sure the money is in the account before the baptism takes place.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• And just like that, Hood's baptism was not valid, according to the church.
  — Amy Simonson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2022
• This is a movie in which the de-rigueur baptism scene is of the preacher himself being dunked to sober up.
  — Author: Ann Hornaday, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
• The Chapel Royal was where the Duchess of Sussex had her own baptism ahead of her nuptials.
  — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 6 July 2019
• As with so many hunters, my baptism was by squirrel blood.
  — Johnny Carrol Sain, Outdoor Life, 27 Oct. 2020
• For 3 months Xavier and his sister and I have been discussing baptism.
  — Tandra Smith | [e-mail], al, 15 Jan. 2021
• Brown Simpson believed a baptism would change her husband-to-be.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 2 June 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024