How to Use crucifix in a Sentence

crucifix

noun

• He wears a crucifix on a chain around his neck.
• My Greek grandmother was like that—kept a crucifix the size of a hand mirror in her bedroom and kissed it until her lips wore the plating off Jesus’ stomach.
  — David Sedaris, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
• The assassination attempt seems to have given rise to an almost overt worship of Trump as a Christ-like figure, with the ear gauze as a kind of crucifix.
  — Matt Bai, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
• Our guides chanted and made the sign of the crucifix on our backs.
  — Melissa Twigg, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2018
• The students then filed out to class through a door with a crucifix over it.
  — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• There is an enormous gouge in the side of the church in the shape of a crucifix, no doubt the work of the Islamic State.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
• The glare of a neon crucifix, perched on a hill above the school, flooded the football field with light.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
• The chain around his neck is white gold, as is the 2-inch crucifix hanging from it.
  — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2017
• Many Catholics keep a crucifix in their bedroom to guard them at night.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 22 Feb. 2023
• These words are to the Biden-Harris campaign like taking a crucifix to the soul of the possessed.
  — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
• Yimel Alvarado lies sick in the gloom of her tiny bedroom, a crucifix on the wall above her head.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• And Friedrich had planted the crucifix in the distance, all the way on top of a mountain, like a toothpick in a muffin.
  — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
• At the very end of that episode, Kristen walks into her bathroom, pulls out a rosary, and the crucifix burns her hand.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2021
• Zerai, a heavyset man in a white soutane, a crucifix hanging from his neck, laughs at this new twist of fate.
  — Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2017
• The Pope hit out at the 'abuse' of the crucifix by people who wear them as fashion accessories.
  — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
• On one of your crucifixes, the head of Christ is a hamburger.
  — John Richardson, Town & Country, 13 Oct. 2015
• Lucy sat silently, chin cupped in hands, drinking in the crucifix, the candles, the flowers.
  — Atlanta Life, ajc, 23 Feb. 2018
• The site described how parts of the plane had been used to create a crucifix memorial for the pilots.
  — al, 4 Sep. 2023
• His goal was to find the crash site and have the crucifix placed there as a memorial to his uncle and the others who perished.
  — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
• Also, Kristen just killed a man, and now a crucifix burns her skin.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
• Shadows of the band swayed in the strobe lights while Murphy’s spindly arms were outstretched in the starched position of a crucifix.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
• In the church’s nave, nuns were buried in wooden coffins filled with crucifixes, medals and small bone crosses.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
• The letter is in a folder on the mantel, near a crucifix that once belonged to a Catholic bishop.
  — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2017
• The 10-minute clip opens with Altman standing solemnly in front of a crucifix.
  — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
• Eventually, the captain lashed himself to the wheel with a crucifix in hand to try to bring the ship into port.
  — Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
• Serna in fact did not have a weapon in his pocket, but a dark-colored crucifix.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• And hanging on a nail over the sink was a clay crucifix that her grandmother had given her.
  — Andrea Gallo and Bryn Stole | Staff Writers, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2020
• The church contains a crucifix which was carried around Rome during a procession to invoke the end of the great plague in 1522, the Holy See said.
  — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020
• The crucifix is under more than 20 feet of water in Little Traverse Bay near the Petoskey shore.
  — Detroit Free Press, 24 Feb. 2018
• Around his neck, Viktor wears silver medallions of the Virgin Mary and the crucifix.
  — Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024