How to Use baptize in a Sentence

baptize

verb

• The priest baptized the baby.
• She was baptized at the age of 20.
• They were baptized again, this time in the Catholic Church.
  — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 20 June 2019
• Born in 1892, Tolkien was baptized in the Church of England.
  — Bradley J. Birzer, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
• She was not raised in the faith but sought it out and was baptized, her dad said.
  — OregonLive.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• In Blame the Man, two men baptize him in what looks like a river.
  — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Eisleben Eisleben played a huge role in Luther’s life—he was born here, baptized here and died here.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
• She’d been baptized a Catholic, and her church taught that she would be banished to hell.
  — Susan McKay, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
• The two were married in 1985, five years after their first date, in the church in which he was baptized.
  — Zach Montague, New York Times, 29 May 2024
• The results spoke for themselves as the Vikings got baptized by the Packers in prime time.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
• At one time, the monastery held the cross that some believe John the Baptist used to baptize Jesus.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 7 June 2017
• He was baptized and confirmed by Stephan at St. Gertrude’s.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 24 July 2024
• Cox had been raised and baptized in a Disciples of Christ church.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
• He was baptized as a member of the United Church of Christ and grew up active in that faith.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
  — al, 28 July 2021
• The live chicks, meanwhile, tripled in size and were baptized by Father Sean, the priest who comes by on Thursdays.
  — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
• Triple the milk — in honor of God, his son and the holy spirit — and baptize the cake after it’s baked, and tres leches is born.
  — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
• Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
  — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• In the finale, Sheldon decides he’ll get baptized for his mom’s peace of mind.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
• Wearing a white dress, her blond hair braided atop her head wrapped in a gold-leaf tiara, she was baptized in the Aegean Sea.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
• Kirsten Gillibrand is one of so many who was baptized Catholic but doesn’t practice in her adult life.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 2 Sep. 2019
• Bey and Jay may have baptized themselves in the waters of her forgiveness, but fans may not be ready to leave the shore.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 18 June 2018
• She was baptized and confirmed into the Church of England.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 18 May 2018
• On March 30, she was baptized, and late that night, Stephanie and Jordan returned to their apartment to get some sleep.
  — USA TODAY, 2 May 2018
• There are plenty of us heathens who were baptized at birth.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• Many of those who got baptized had been going to Churchome for only a few months.
  — Jennifer Swann, Marie Claire, 6 Nov. 2019
• Some rangers are baptized in camp, but the group does not exclude non-believers.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Their family priest would have been able to baptize her.
  — Anna Clark, ProPublica, 6 Dec. 2022
• The archbishop also baptized Meghan in March ahead of the wedding.
  — refinery29.com, 12 May 2018
• Robbins married in the local Africatown church and later baptized her children there.
  — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024