How to Use communion in a Sentence

communion

noun

• She went to the front of the church for Communion.
• Sharing communion is, even more than in the old days, a leap of faith.
  — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
• The priest led Mass unmasked, but donned one to give communion.
  — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• If in-person meetings are broadcast to those who can’t attend, the sacrament itself — or communion — cannot be shown.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2020
• In the state of Utah, churches that serve sacramental wine as part of their communion are required by law to have a license to do so.
  — Kelly Cannon, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
• But Kengor goes out of his way to alienate every one of his readers who is not in communion with the Bishop of Rome.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
• Ford can still walk very short distances, and, until the pandemic, had attended church the first Sunday of every month for communion.
  — CBS News, 15 Aug. 2020
• The Christian Church is set up to facilitate communion between the human and the divine.
  — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Sep. 2020
• There’s a history of electronic music that replaces the sweaty communion of the dance floor with self-discovery and alternative forms of consciousness.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2020
• The church has for about 15 years had the grapes bottled for communion wine.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021
• The glossy leaves catch the light, and suddenly, the wearer is in communion with the world around them.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
• Indeed, the old abbey has long served as a place of communion.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
• The wheat was grown to provide flour for communion wafers.
  — Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2022
• But with the passage of time and the communion of close friends, pleasure can and will return.
  — Rachel Zarrow, Bon Appétit, 14 Apr. 2021
• The head of a Catholic school learns that a student had been drinking communion wine.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• The idea is that humans used to use pumpkins for Halloween, a time of communion with the dead.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• And with a lot of actors, for they, too, are eager for that kind of communion.
  — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2022
• The Aztec’s communion was a stew of human flesh and squash blossoms.
  — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• The Aztec’s communion was a stew of human flesh and squash blossoms.
  — Sam Kriss, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• The grand reverie of trans-faith communion was no more, and religion now seemed to bring the sword more than peace.
  — Matthew Sitman, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2021
• The bishops didn’t call for all Catholics who share Biden’s views to be denied communion.
  — Patrick Whelan, The New Republic, 21 June 2021
• An urban legend about a girl in a communion dress brought to the big screen in this revenge thriller.
  — Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
• To join the crowds and gently spread black oil on a stranger’s cheek — these moments of communion are the ethos of Carnival.
  — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 10 Feb. 2024
• The loaf of communion bread, broken into pieces and served on trays, was enough to suffice.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 7 May 2023
• There was a photo of one of the young girls who’d attended her first communion.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022
• The crowd was such a surprise that there were not enough communion cups to serve grape juice to all those in attendance.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 7 May 2023
• When our hands were too grubby to accept a stick of gum, Eva went around and placed a piece in each of our mouths like a communion wafer.
  — Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
• And one of the last people that came up for communion was Marty Sinclair.
  — Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
• The ruling means the archbishop cannot receive the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, such as communion.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024
• The great thing about dining at sushi counters, beyond close communion with the chef, is the conversations that often spark between customers about all kinds of restaurants.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024