How to Use holy in a Sentence

holy

adjective

• The theme for the 2018 Met Gala connected the holy with the haute.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2022
• 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
• And then there's the holy grail: 1-2% that return 50x or more.
  — Melinda Elmborg, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• The green world was strange, nothing holy, lots of space.
  — Jean Gallagher, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
• This is a holy grail of sorts among many craft-beer-drinkers.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Then the thunder rolls as the river gods flip a holy switch in the sky.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
• 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
• The pages from Islam's holy book were seen scattered on the floor.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 14 Nov. 2021
• 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
• In 1911, Parker and his crew bribed a guard and dug into the Dome of the Rock, a sacred holy site in Jerusalem.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 8 Nov. 2021
• And for the love of all that is holy, this has nothing to do with corporate greed.
  — The Editors, National Review, 11 Mar. 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
• This year, TikTok seemed to catch wind of snail mucin as a holy grail product.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
• The holy grail of economics, then, is often to keep wages up but prices low.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
• The perfect pair of black pants is, like the perfect white T-shirt, one of fashion’s holy grails.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022
• The mitzvot — the active pursuit of the good and the holy — creates the antidote to that dark piece within us.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
• The tacky can be elevated to something just shy of the holy.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• Ramadan marks the time when the Quran, the Muslim holy book, was revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
  — Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2022
• Second, the petition invokes the three decisions that have become the holy trinity of challenges to the wall between church and state.
  — Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
• The tablet also instructs adherents to worship on Mount Gerizim, a holy site for Samaritans, near the modern-day city of Nablus.
  — Sarah Ventre, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025