Example Sentences

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Both hospice and inspiration, it’s a stifling place decorated with floral wallpaper and crucifixes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The Roman Catholic Church has long been vigilant when it comes to supernatural apparitions like professed sightings of the Virgin Mary, weeping Madonnas or bleeding crucifixes.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

They send the more damaged wood to another prison in Rome, where prisoners make crucifixes for rosaries.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2024

Vendors took the chance to sell colourful crucifixes as well parasols to the pilgrims.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

“Yes. First off, neither of us is Christian. Second off, spending the summer chasing after idiotic roadside attractions is not going to fix anything. Third off, crucifixes remind me of her.”

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green