Example Sentences

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He was anointing them, he said, to become poll workers.

From Slate • Sep. 25, 2024

While Liverpool youngster Ben Woodburn grabbed headlines for a goal and assist in World Cup qualifying, Williams was anointing an unused sub as his natural heir as Wales centre-back and leader.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2024

Her son George said a “crowning achievement” of his father, who was fond of coming up with nicknames for friends and family, was anointing Barbara, “The Silver Fox.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2018

Her son George said that a “crowning achievement” of his father, who was fond of coming up with nicknames for friends and family, was anointing Barbara, “The Silver Fox.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2018

The cool skill with which an engineer was anointing these whirling forms, his hand dapping mothlike with the tapering can above them, was enough to amaze me.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund