baptizing
- present participle of baptize.
Example Sentences
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What Mr. Porter said he did remember was wading into the church’s pool and baptizing himself — or, as he claims, having his head held down in the font by “something.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 8, 2023
“I get what it looks like,” he says of his new job, which doesn’t involve baptizing pop stars in bathtubs or preaching to throngs of adoring congregants.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2023
When asked what he would say if he were baptizing someone as a newly devout Bitcoiner, maybe in the warm waters of South Beach, Melder ad-libbed.
From Slate • Jul. 12, 2022
Behind the tub, a mural of John the Baptist baptizing Jesus stretches across the wall.
From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2022
It had been built some fifty years back, hidden in the woods, right near the river just in case somebody needed baptizing.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
