How to Use holy in a Sentence

holy

adjective

• In the end, the man kicked and stood on the holy book outside of the Iraqi Embassy.
  — Abby Sewell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• Most of the tourist shops around the holy sites are shuttered for lack of tourists.
  — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
• Now that new shades are here, the mom of one may have to pick a new holy grail.
  — Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
• The green world was strange, nothing holy, lots of space.
  — Jean Gallagher, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
• The holy grail, in this story, is that which, at the end of the quest, heals the king’s seeping wound.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
• From the fit to the feel to the wash, there’s nothing quite like finding a pair of holy grail jeans.
  — Jane Herman, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
• There are beloved products, and then there are holy grails.
  — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
• Crochets styles are a holy grail for last-minute styling.
  — Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 22 June 2022
• Her blonde curls bob between rows of Ramadan bunting, as the yellow glow of the sun marks the first day of the holy month.
  — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
• The smell of perspiration is holy, the sky couldn’t be more blue.
  — Jennifer Grotz, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• Theaters have always been a place that feel kind of holy.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2022
• Let Thy holy angel be with me, that the Wicked Foe may have no power over me.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• Flight Club is the holy grail of sneaker consignment shops across the globe.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 May 2024
• For modern masters of the universe, there is no holy grail like a Patek.
  — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
• Is there room on the attendance sheet for a holy woman?
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 28 Oct. 2022
• The holy grail of economics, then, is often to keep wages up but prices low.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
• Our 2024 lineup is here and holy sh*t, this one will go down in the history books.
  — Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2024
• For the love of all that's holy, Team Bachelor, please, please never do this again.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• Teaching the body’s immune cells to recognize and fight cancer is one of the holy grails in medicine.
  — Gregory Allen, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2022
• Jerusalem is mentioned more than 600 times in Judaism’s holy books but not once in the Koran.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
• This is the holy grail of AI researchers and practitioners.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• But please, for the love of all things holy, zoom in on Cardi's face, because her makeup is not to be missed.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 7 May 2024
• Like this moment has become one of their [Leah fans] holy relics of a fandom, right?
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2024
• Saddam Hussein had deprived the Shiites of what was something of a holy land to them.
  — Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• Or, the holy grail pocket, a liner pouch that will keep your phone securely in place.
  — Heath Owens, Men's Health, 7 Jan. 2023
• While the science is promising, there's no miracle food that is going to be the holy grail of weight loss.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
• Some leave Middle-earth and journey west to Valinor, the holy land of the angelic Valar.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 14 June 2022
• But for pet lovers, Loyal’s goal of extending life span is clearly the holy grail.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2023
• Owning a piece of Le Creuset cookware is a right of passage for any seasoned or aspiring home chef, and its Dutch oven is the holy grail.
  — Maggie Horton, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
• Still, there is wide agreement that investors can’t treat measures like the CAPE and other price-to-earnings ratios as a holy grail.
  — Greg McKenna, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Sep 2024