How to Use sweat lodge in a Sentence

sweat lodge

noun
  • Soon, there will be a sweat lodge at the campus as well.
    Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2021
  • As the season starts, Ax is in a sweat lodge and Chuck is at his father’s wedding.
    Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 3 May 2020
  • His stepfather and mother had a sweat lodge next to ours.
    David Treuer, The Atlantic, 1 Aug. 2022
  • There was some talk in the Tuba City community about killing the virus through sweat lodges.
    Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The rest of the sweat lodge survivors, and there are no casualties, follow Tara into the ocean.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2021
  • The participants head to a sweat lodge where bonds are broken and forged — and someone finds God.
    Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • At night, unwind in a sweat lodge or the outdoor hot tub before heading in for dinner.
    The Editors, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The shore was lined with laurel trees and sweat lodges built by the Coast Miwok, who had settled in a valley along the northwest waterfront.
    Joe Kloc, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Plans are also in the works to build a traditional village, which will include a sweat lodge, Nason said.
    Sunset Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
  • One even invited them to share a meal in a ceremonial sweat lodge.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
  • Once inside the sweat lodge, Raul encourages Victoria and Johnny to share their fears with each other.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Antara is in the midst of expanding accordingly, adding more space and a courtyard downstairs and building a sweat lodge.
    Jenni Avins, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2019
  • Others simply viewed this as an opportunity to disconnect from the chaos of New York for a weekend, sit in sweat lodges and get massages.
    Angie Jaime, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The apartments are on both sides of Cedar Avenue, separated by a park; residents have access to a sizable vegetable garden and even a sweat lodge.
    Krithika Varagur, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2020
  • Expect cooking classes, a private Temazcal (sweat lodge) ceremony, dinner for you and your sweetheart at a cenote, and more.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Esselen Tribe, which has 214 members today, plans to build a sweat lodge and traditional village to educate the public about their culture.
    Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2020
  • Some argue that summer is simply too hot for the typical two-pronged meatball-cooking approach: searing on the stove top followed by braising in the oven to let all the flavors meld (and your kitchen get as cozy as a sweat lodge).
    Eleanore Park, WSJ, 18 June 2020
  • The Mayan sweat lodge combines medicinal herbs, heat, steam, and copal incense to stimulate detoxification, heal the body, and purify the mind.
    Celia Ellenberg and Jessica Diner, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Can a sweat lodge ceremony help heal an addicted teenager?
    Emily Gray Tedrowe, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Expect cooking classes, a private Temazcal (sweat lodge) ceremony, dinner for you and your sweetheart at a sacred cenote, and more.
    Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2022
  • On a table inside the family’s sweat lodge is a little altar, as shown in a video shared by the University of California, San Francisco.
    Brittany Trang, STAT, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Some ingredients get special treatment on the grill, either in improvised saute setups or in fireboxes, used like little sweat lodges above the flames to steam-roast such things as baby carrots.
    Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • Here, some of this culture draws from Native American stereotypes, which can be seen everywhere from your local Urban Outfitters to urban sweat lodges , in the physical world and online.
    Angie Jaime, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
  • He was convicted in 2011 for the death of three individuals at a spiritual retreat sweat lodge meant to help participants break through whatever was holding them back.
    Womensmedia, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • In one famous example, a self-help guru in Sedona, Arizona, co-opted the sweat lodge ceremony, and one of the participants at his retreat tragically died.
    Chelsey Luger, SELF, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Some of the participants in Ray’s sweat lodge ritual needed medical assistance after the ritual went awry.
    Alicia Kortendick, al, 26 Apr. 2020
  • The exhibition uses the circular, somewhat tomb-like layout of the gallery to walk the viewer through an exploration of temazcal, a Mesoamerican sweat lodge purification ritual.
    Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • This cleansing ritual is believed to have detoxifying benefits and involves sitting with others in a stone dome, like a sweat lodge, that is heated and filled with invigorating scents while a spiritual guide leads you through a series of chants.
    Jamie Ditaranto, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2021
  • He was incarcerated for two years, then returned home to hold sweat lodge and peyote ceremonies, Sundances, and other spiritual activities.
    BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2021
  • The new building includes such cultural components as a medicine garden, sweat lodge and space where residents can practice traditional American Indian teachings.
    Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 20 Nov. 2019

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