How to Use holy in a Sentence

holy

adjective
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • This is the holy grail of AI researchers and practitioners.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • But for pet lovers, Loyal’s goal of extending life span is clearly the holy grail.
    — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2023
  • Israeli-Palestinian tensions have flared in the past during the holy month.
    — Tia Goldenberg, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The group made the announcement on the eve of Ramadan, the Muslim holy fasting month that Yemen began Monday.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 12 Mar. 2024
  • So keep an eye on the comments section—we’re hoping for some holy grail answers.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Before the crackdown, Uyghurs would gather for evening prayers in the mosque by the Afaq Khoja mausoleum, a holy tomb site for Muslims.
    — Cate Cadell, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2022
  • But stocking up on these high-end holy-grail finds can get expensive.
    — Talia Abbas, SELF, 22 Aug. 2022
  • But most types of cancer aren’t caused by viruses, so the holy grail would be to train the body to recognize tumor cells instead.
    — Alice Park, Time, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Between holy haunts and spine-tingling possessions, here are the best exorcism films to chill and thrill.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The missing wristwatch has long been considered a holy grail for collectors and could be one of the most valuable timepieces in the world.
    — Andy Hoffman, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The meeting coincided with the second night of the holy month of Ramadan, during which many Muslims fast from dawn to dusk.
    — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The sources also said a notebook was found in the suspect's backpack with writings about wanting to go to Afghanistan and train to become a holy warrior.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023

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