the Bible

noun

: the book of sacred writings used in the Christian religion

Examples of the Bible in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For Christianity, the Bible includes several references to bees and honey. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2024 Whether teaching the Bible, a contemporary video, or evolutionary biology, professors should not have to worry that political pressures will force them away from a path of inquiry or a mode of expression. Michael S. Roth, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024 Stevens raised challenges in dozens of school districts over the Bible, dictionaries and thesauruses. Brendan Farrington, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024 But the Bible begins with a couple sneaking off together, and the New Testament ends with a honeymoon. Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024 The resulting trial was made famous almost immediately as a contest between—take your pick—Darwin and the Bible; science and religion; modernism and traditionalism; the educated and the uneducated; the godless and the faithful. Lisa Grunwald, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024 Some 1,700 years ago, a scribe living at a monastery in Egypt wrote out two complete books of the Bible over a 40-year period. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024 Those movies tend to play better in the Bible belt. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024 Eclipses appear as ill omens in Shakespeare and, of course, the Bible. John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024

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“The Bible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Bible. Accessed 3 May. 2024.

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