Example Sentences

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Leftover pizza gets cut up, crisped on the stove and mixed into scrambled eggs—a remnant from Duggal’s college days that she has christened “pizza eggs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Now U2 has christened the place with a production that enshrines the idea of excess.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2023

It will then be up to Dr. Friedrichs to set up the new office, the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, although the administration has christened it with a shorter Washington acronym: O.P.P.R.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

The 20-year-old has christened her sound "new nostalgic" - and she's not the only nominee laying claim to a new genre.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021

Jupiter has christened Clytie the Sherlock Holmes of Olympus, because wherever Apollo is she spots him.

From Olympian Nights by Bangs, John Kendrick