How to Use biblical in a Sentence

biblical

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• Dogs, seen in biblical times as unclean scavengers, were a kind of stand-in for the devil.
  — Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2021
• The earth was about to shift on its axis; or the guilty would be swept away in a flood of biblical proportions.
  — Richard J. Evans, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2021
• The clash feels almost biblical in nature, a face-off between a harsh, unjust world and a gentle, modern one.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2021
• Several speakers tied their fight against vaccines to biblical imagery.
  — Lex Treinen, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2021
• Levy conceded that both mining operations were on the fringes of the biblical action.
  — Matti Friedman, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Nov. 2021
• Widder read to his congregation the biblical story of Lazarus, a friend of Jesus Christ, who died.
  — Samantha Hendrickson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2021
• In this biblical account, a Samaritan woman met Jesus, a Jewish man, at a well.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
• Text from Miranda’s comic, which was passed on to young Kirsten in the early days of the pandemic, echoes throughout the episodes as though its verses are biblical.
  — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 14 Dec. 2021
• The plot is biblical in proportion, and the plight of Samuel and Isaiah severe, but their bond instills an unforgettable sweetness.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2021
• Storms explode with biblical fury across the land, transforming desiccated bush into lush green forests, and clearing the thick haze of grit that has suffocated the mining provinces for months.
  — Siddharth Kara, CNN, 17 Dec. 2021
• Coates’s dismissal of complication amplifies the certainty of the book’s title, which, given the biblical landscape of the book’s second half, appears to allude to the fierce truth-telling of the prophets.
  — Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
• Its name is a riff on the biblical prophecy of the day the world will end.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
• But not even the celebrities are spared from the biblical rains.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
• Each is meant to represent the biblical Ark of the Covenant.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
• The title was an allusion to the biblical tale of Adam and Eve and the tree of knowledge.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2023
• Then came a biblical storm that pounded parts of the city with more than a foot of rain in a 12-hour stretch.
  — The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Sep. 2022
• From before biblical times, through the 1700s, nails were hand wrought, forged one at a time.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2022
• The site is the holiest site in Judaism, home to the ancient biblical Temples.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023
• Some Jews believe the biblical Joseph is buried in the tomb, while Muslims say a sheikh is buried there.
  — Tia Goldenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
• Looking back at it now, Ellen and Ben wouldn’t change a thing—even the biblical weather.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
• It is inspired by the biblical anointing of King Solomon.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
• But unlike in the biblical tale, this time the little guy didn’t prevail.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• The book’s title refers to the biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.
  — Jennifer Latson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• On a press call, Czyszek talked about the biblical mandate to serve widows and orphans.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Mar. 2022
• In the biblical account of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Jesus uses two fish and five loaves of bread to feed a large crowd.
  — Ruth Graham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
• The ceiling is made of timber and is meant to invoke the biblical and Quranic story of Noah's Ark.
  — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
• At a time when, around the globe, so many are killed on the roads, the biblical consequences of an ox killing a human should be taken to heart.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2022
• Like the biblical Samson, who lost his strength when shorn, many men feel sapped of their mojo as their manes fall out.
  — Callum Borchers, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
• He's played both Romeo and Juliet, a cast of biblical figures and a Mona Lisa painting.
  — Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
• And speaker after speaker used their moment on the convention stage yesterday to uplift Trump, often in biblical terms, while blasting Joe Biden as a feeble president.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024