Example Sentences

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Inside, the joints feature coal- or wood-fired ovens; pizzaioli, like priests, ritually pass their hands over the pies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

We've never been a country that ritually staged big military parades yearly, although it's not unprecedented to do it in the wake of specific military victories.

From Salon • May 28, 2025

Hats of colonial officials were ritually burned, and a coming age of abundance was proclaimed.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

When the temple was recovered, the Jews found there was not enough ritually pure oil to keep the menorah burning while they made more oil.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

Among his longtime friends and colleagues, he had seen those who supported Oppenheimer get ritually humiliated by the personnel board, while those who doubted Oppie, like himself, were stigmatized by the scientific community.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik