How to Use crucifix in a Sentence

crucifix

noun
  • He wears a crucifix on a chain around his neck.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In one scene the camera pans across a wall adorned with deformed crucifixes.
    David Obuchowski, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2018
  • For his part, David has a tattoo of his son’s name under the crucifix, according to Men's Health.
    Emy Lacroix, Peoplemag, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Also, in 2016, a tiny Viking crucifix was found in Denmark.
    James Rogers, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In 1534, Jacques Cartier arrived, planted a large crucifix in what is now the town of Gaspé, and claimed the entire country for France.
    Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Above his desk hung a gold crucifix and an enormous painting of a Madonna and Child under a fig tree.
    Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The braided leaves are placed on a crucifix on display in their home and then replaced the following year.
    Marie Milano, Country Living, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Then, last week, Boczanowski built a case to hold the crucifix, protecting it from the weather, and placed it nearby.
    J. Harry Jones, latimes.com, 26 May 2018

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