How to Use bible in a Sentence

bible

noun
  • The book is famous among foodies—it's the gourmet's bible.
  • The magazine is now considered the bible of the plastics industry.
  • She gave each of her grandchildren a Bible.
  • Yes Media alongside Elisabeth Murdoch’s banner Sister, said a 75-page bible has been written for the show.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 June 2024
  • This is the Cave of Ascent, which Bill named in his bible.
    Dalene Rovenstine, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The result is the new bible of ’80s hard-rock and glam-metal.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The king then swore on the bible to uphold laws governed by the Church of England.
    Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • In 1990, Kate Moss posed in a pair for the Face magazine, a British alt-style bible.
    Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Despite its heavy binding and gold-lined pages, her book is not a bible.
    Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, 7 May 2018
  • The list, released in June 2017 issue of the magazine, is a bible of sorts for Texas meat eaters.
    Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 16 May 2018
  • In a backpack left at the scene, police found a copy of the Constitution and a bible.
    Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2022
  • There will be bibles, greeting cards, gifts, children’s books and more.
    Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The manifesto felt like a cross between a playbook and a bible.
    Katherine Goldstein, Vox, 6 Dec. 2018
  • This section of the book isn’t intended to be a Thai wine-pairing bible.
    Gabe Ulla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Like something out of the bible, a second coming appears to be on the horizon.
    SI.com, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Haunted by Original Sin In the bible, nakedness is a source of shame.
    Annette Kämmerer, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Candle sculptures line the lower part of the dome, like those on the menorah described in the bible, Campos said.
    James Carr, azcentral, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Sullivan has been a group leader for bible camp and Gospel Time, events that get younger kids involved in the church.
    Kenny Levine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Other kids would miss mid-week bible study because of a sports practice.
    Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2019
  • They were found tied up and had been tortured and beaten with bibles and wooden cudgels.
    Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 16 Jan. 2020
  • In one image from the post, the pair are holding hands in front of an officiant reading from what looks like a bible.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2024
  • If guys want to focus on their basketball, their bodies and their bible, Auburn is a great place to come.
    James Crepea, AL.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • This tongue-in-cheek reference guide became my bible that first year.
    Lorraine Duffy Merkl, Town & Country, 8 Oct. 2015
  • The fielding bible ranked him ninth in 2022 among first basemen in Defensive Runs Saved.
    Journal Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Getting the details felt important, and so my bibles were the memoirs.
    Thomas Gebremedhin, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2018
  • If there’s a relationship bible, this would be it—and for good reason.
    Anne Roderique-Jones, SELF, 7 Oct. 2018
  • The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed this as the world's smallest bible, at just five by five millimeters.
    Kelly Potts, Woman's Day, 9 Dec. 2014
  • In 2014 such dishes won Mr Sackmann his second star in the Michelin Guide, the gastronome’s bible.
    The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Watson, who spent Thursday with his wife donating bibles to a local church, said his faith has been the one thing that has gotten him through this ordeal.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 21 June 2024
  • For the first time in his 30-plus year career, Usher is gracing the cover of Vogue magazine, but some fans aren’t feeling such a warm welcome from the fashion bible.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 19 Jan. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'bible.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: