Example Sentences

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Many journalists have anointed him both—a destroyer of worlds but also a deal-maker, a patsy but also a conquering hero.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2023

The impromptu song lyrics have anointed Nootbaar as a Samurai and refer to him by his middle name — Tatsuji — which is his grandfather’s name.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2023

But I think we want to hear what this person we have anointed a genius has to say about what he did.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 4, 2019

They have anointed Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina as their leader and principal spokesman.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2017

In both these passages, the teaching seems to be, that the body of the full-grown spiritual man is radiant or luminous,-for those at least, who have anointed their eyes wit! eye-salve, so that they see.

From The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: the Book of the Spiritual Man by Johnston, Charles