How to Use baptize in a Sentence

baptize

verb

• The priest baptized the baby.
• She was baptized at the age of 20.
• Want to swim, bike, hike, kayak and get baptized all in one place?
  — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026
• She was not raised in the faith but sought it out and was baptized, her dad said.
  — OregonLive.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• He was baptized as Catholic as an infant.
  — Annie Selak, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2026
• Kneel at the altar and get baptized in the beauty of the song.
  — Tricia Despres, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
• Hunter took it upon himself to be baptized ahead of the game.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
• All were baptized by fire in the 42-27 loss.
  — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025
• Matthew Tkachuk’s daughter was baptized that day.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
• In prison, he was baptized, a turning point that transformed him, his wife said.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
• She’d been baptized a Catholic, and her church taught that she would be banished to hell.
  — Susan McKay, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
• Jesus was part of the crowd around John and was baptized by John.
  — Walt Shelton, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
• In Blame the Man, two men baptize him in what looks like a river.
  — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
• We are saved in the water, baptized by the waves, but never capsized by the wakes.
  — Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
• Eisleben Eisleben played a huge role in Luther’s life—he was born here, baptized here and died here.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
• The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
  — al, 28 July 2021
• The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
  — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 27 July 2021
• Cox had been raised and baptized in a Disciples of Christ church.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
• Darby says that's when the family spoke to a priest to have the newborn baptized.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
• Brown was not the only football player to get baptized over the weekend.
  — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025
• Ebenezer is where King was baptized as a child and ordained at 19.
  — Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• In the finale, Sheldon decides he’ll get baptized for his mom’s peace of mind.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
• Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
  — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023
• As a light rain baptized the rapt crowd that remained, Willie gazed into the great beyond.
  — Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 21 Sep. 2025
• During the colonial era, slaves were forcibly baptized here before being sold.
  — Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
• Newcomers to the faith are being baptized.
  — Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2026
• Kirsten Gillibrand is one of so many who was baptized Catholic but doesn’t practice in her adult life.
  — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 2 Sep. 2019
• In his early twenties, Surovtsev was baptized in prison.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
• Palka jokes more than once that I could be baptized at their next ceremony.
  — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
• The results spoke for themselves as the Vikings got baptized by the Packers in prime time.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024