Examples of the Nativity in a Sentence
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The leader of an international pro-life organization lauded the Nativity scene set up by the Vatican that highlighted the more than 25,000 babies who were not aborted this year thanks to the group's outreach initiatives.
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
But Father Steve Josoma, pastor of the parish, has so far refused to remove the Nativity, arguing at a recent news conference that the commentary is in keeping with the Bible.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
The parish has a history of political activism in the form of demonstrations and signs, like one at the Nativity scene.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
The light show synchronized to popular Christmas music presents a short history of the Nativity and why Christmas is celebrated.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
Above them loomed the Nativity façade, the only one that Gaudí had come close to finishing.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Bates said the flames also damaged a fence around the Nativity scene.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
From this perspective, the familiar elements of the Nativity—the stable, the shepherds, the Magi—were not meant to paper over the embarrassment at Jesus’ illegitimacy.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Imagine mixing the Nativity with Star Wars so that figures from one narrative are transmogrified into another.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
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Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
But Father Steve Josoma, pastor of the parish, has so far refused to remove the Nativity, arguing at a recent news conference that the commentary is in keeping with the Bible.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
The parish has a history of political activism in the form of demonstrations and signs, like one at the Nativity scene.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
The light show synchronized to popular Christmas music presents a short history of the Nativity and why Christmas is celebrated.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
Above them loomed the Nativity façade, the only one that Gaudí had come close to finishing.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Bates said the flames also damaged a fence around the Nativity scene.
—Cameron MacDonald, Mercury News, 15 July 2025
From this perspective, the familiar elements of the Nativity—the stable, the shepherds, the Magi—were not meant to paper over the embarrassment at Jesus’ illegitimacy.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Imagine mixing the Nativity with Star Wars so that figures from one narrative are transmogrified into another.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
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“The Nativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Nativity. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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