How to Use holy in a Sentence

holy

adjective
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  • The theme for the 2018 Met Gala connected the holy with the haute.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2022
  • In the end, the man kicked and stood on the holy book outside of the Iraqi Embassy.
    — Abby Sewell, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Most of the tourist shops around the holy sites are shuttered for lack of tourists.
    — NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Now that new shades are here, the mom of one may have to pick a new holy grail.
    — Kayla Blanton, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
  • And then there's the holy grail: 1-2% that return 50x or more.
    — Melinda Elmborg, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The green world was strange, nothing holy, lots of space.
    — Jean Gallagher, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The holy grail, in this story, is that which, at the end of the quest, heals the king’s seeping wound.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Then the thunder rolls as the river gods flip a holy switch in the sky.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
  • From the fit to the feel to the wash, there’s nothing quite like finding a pair of holy grail jeans.
    — Jane Herman, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There are beloved products, and then there are holy grails.
    — Kristine Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2024
  • Crochets styles are a holy grail for last-minute styling.
    — Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 22 June 2022
  • Her blonde curls bob between rows of Ramadan bunting, as the yellow glow of the sun marks the first day of the holy month.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The smell of perspiration is holy, the sky couldn’t be more blue.
    — Jennifer Grotz, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
  • Theaters have always been a place that feel kind of holy.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Sep. 2022
  • And for the love of all that is holy, this has nothing to do with corporate greed.
    — The Editors, National Review, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Let Thy holy angel be with me, that the Wicked Foe may have no power over me.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Flight Club is the holy grail of sneaker consignment shops across the globe.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 16 May 2024
  • For modern masters of the universe, there is no holy grail like a Patek.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Is there room on the attendance sheet for a holy woman?
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The holy grail of economics, then, is often to keep wages up but prices low.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The perfect pair of black pants is, like the perfect white T-shirt, one of fashion’s holy grails.
    — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The mitzvot — the active pursuit of the good and the holy — creates the antidote to that dark piece within us.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Ramadan marks the time when the Quran, the Muslim holy book, was revealed to Prophet Muhammad.
    — Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Our 2024 lineup is here and holy sh*t, this one will go down in the history books.
    — Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2024
  • For the love of all that's holy, Team Bachelor, please, please never do this again.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • In holy transports, women flung their heads back and forth, and their long hair fell loose and whipped around.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The holiday marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 May 2022
  • Teaching the body’s immune cells to recognize and fight cancer is one of the holy grails in medicine.
    — Gregory Allen, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Jerusalem is mentioned more than 600 times in Judaism’s holy books but not once in the Koran.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
  • For a subjective field like fashion, a business driven by tastes and preferences, personalization is the holy grail.
    — Adriana Lee, WWD, 20 Oct. 2024

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