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On Sunday evening, a small group held a vigil at the pier, laying bouquets on the ground, lighting votive candles and hanging a rosary and a small image of a Virgin Mary on a fence.—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 19 May 2025 The Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, now an archaeological site, had been the burial site of Hungarian kings for centuries.—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025 Options range from the Magazine Rooms, which come with two queen beds (ideal for families), to the Corner Mary Suites, which overlook the hotel's 150-year-old Virgin Mary grotto.—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2025 From background to foreground, the painting depicts a haloed Virgin Mary, a young Jesus standing between her knees, St. Jerome asleep on the ground, and St. John the Baptist, clad sparsely in animal skins, pointing a crooked finger toward the figures behind him.—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for Virgin Mary
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