How to Use holiness in a Sentence

holiness

noun

• The late pope blessed the church and the world with his intellect and holiness.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 4 Jan. 2023
• And in Luke: Father, Let your name be spoke in holiness.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2021
• Why was the first holiness finite and the second eternal?
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 12 June 2017
• At midnight, in the glimmering light of her nimbus, in the holiness of candle and wine.
  — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• The chief rabbinate of Israel said it is forbidden for Jews to walk on the site in 2005 because of its holiness.
  — Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 12 May 2021
• If your child’s Halloween costume is a little too spooky this year, a touch of holiness couldn’t hurt.
  — Annie Blanks, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
• On the great south lawn, guests gathered in groups, anxious to greet the new Jesuit in the family, with his new black habit and his new air of holiness.
  — John L’heureux, The New Yorker, 14 May 2018
• There was a holiness that permeated the chapel 24/7 for eight months.
  — Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2020
• But there's also so much light, so much joy, and a celebration of love's holiness in all its forms.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
• For Heschel, we are meant to live in the world of space — the material world — six days a week, but on Shabbat, we are meant to celebrate the holiness of time.
  — Richard Just, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2020
• Some Jews remove their shoes while praying there, another nod to the site’s holiness.
  — Shayndi Raice, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• Some even suggest that this trend marks a new era of personal holiness in those elected to the papacy.
  — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 25 Jan. 2023
• In the late Middle Ages, the October night was taken as the moment at which constraints on ghosts were weakest, before the holiness of the saints drove them back at dawn.
  — Faith Bottum, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022
• Those who live a life of righteousness and holiness will be strengthened against trouble and hardship.
  — Martha Sorren, Woman's Day, 1 June 2022
• Any hint of holiness is wrecked by a rainstorm, and by the glare of the arc lights under which TV cameras hope to catch the miracle, yet Fellini does not rage at our credulity.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2020
• While his death may be a reminder of the lifestyle tension between hip-hop and holiness, the musical blending appears to be here to stay.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2021
• Charlie would be a saint if Aronofsky believed in holiness.
  — Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2023
• Though the broader theme of Francis’s guidance to the Catholic Church was holiness, some scholars read the work as a response to his conservative critics.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
• The Detroit native and pop music powerhouse grew up in the church, and brings just a dash of holiness to the listening experience.
  — Krystyna Chávez, Marie Claire, 30 July 2019
• There is a holiness in one’s duty to be as productive as possible.
  — Chuck Plunkett, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
• Throughout Corpus Christi, Kosama and Pacewicz’s observation of modern piety seems to be a search for holiness.
  — Armond White, National Review, 20 Feb. 2020
• The pope became the Catholic world’s most prominent model of holiness and a living embodiment of the church in the imagination of the faithful.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2018
• Words cannot describe the holiness that permeated that church.
  — The Rev. Ellin Dize, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Aug. 2019
• Mark was someone whose personal holiness shone out in every aspect of his life.
  — Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2017
• Making a commitment to pray the rosary daily also reminds us that prayer is outside of Mass is essential to growth in holiness.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 30 Sep. 2017
• Amid this epidemic of hatred masquerading as holiness, the vehemence with which Lil Nas X rejects this false gospel should be the least of our concerns.
  — Rev. Jacqui Lewis, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 Apr. 2021
• Andrew’s was a life dedicated to Christ’s Church, in profound communion, on a way to holiness.
  — Nr Symposium, National Review, 6 Dec. 2020
• Once Israel was destroyed by the Babylonians, the holiness ceased.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 June 2021
• To be denied communion is essentially to be denied one's right to the holiness of Catholicism.
  — Monica Haider, CNN, 30 Nov. 2019
• To me the idea of brokenness and holiness really go together.
  — Jane Ratcliffe, Longreads, 15 June 2019

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024