How to Use biblical in a Sentence

biblical

adjective
  • This Arabic name means ‘of the night,’ and is also the name of a biblical demon.
    Taylor Grothe, Parents, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Following through with the biblical reference, there will be just two of each animal.
    Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 21 Sep. 2024
  • By the blow of a ram’s horn in a beam of biblical light.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Its name is a riff on the biblical prophecy of the day the world will end.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 17 Jan. 2022
  • But not even the celebrities are spared from the biblical rains.
    Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Each is meant to represent the biblical Ark of the Covenant.
    Max Colchester, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The title was an allusion to the biblical tale of Adam and Eve and the tree of knowledge.
    Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Then came a biblical storm that pounded parts of the city with more than a foot of rain in a 12-hour stretch.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 18 Sep. 2022
  • From before biblical times, through the 1700s, nails were hand wrought, forged one at a time.
    Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2022
  • Thus, these biblical terms serve as a how-to guide for kavanah in prayer.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Slavery is at the heart of a crucial biblical tale: the story of Moses.
    Time, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The site is the holiest site in Judaism, home to the ancient biblical Temples.
    Ilan Ben Zion, ajc, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Some Jews believe the biblical Joseph is buried in the tomb, while Muslims say a sheikh is buried there.
    Tia Goldenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Looking back at it now, Ellen and Ben wouldn’t change a thing—even the biblical weather.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
  • It is inspired by the biblical anointing of King Solomon.
    Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
  • The earth was about to shift on its axis; or the guilty would be swept away in a flood of biblical proportions.
    Richard J. Evans, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But unlike in the biblical tale, this time the little guy didn’t prevail.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The book’s title refers to the biblical story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.
    Jennifer Latson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Dogs, seen in biblical times as unclean scavengers, were a kind of stand-in for the devil.
    Jake Coyle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2021
  • The name is inspired by the biblical story of Isaac, who came to Sarah and Abraham later in life.
    Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 28 Sep. 2024
  • On a press call, Czyszek talked about the biblical mandate to serve widows and orphans.
    Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 14 Mar. 2022
  • In the biblical account of the miracle of the loaves and fishes, Jesus uses two fish and five loaves of bread to feed a large crowd.
    Ruth Graham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The ceiling is made of timber and is meant to invoke the biblical and Quranic story of Noah's Ark.
    Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
  • At a time when, around the globe, so many are killed on the roads, the biblical consequences of an ox killing a human should be taken to heart.
    Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Like the biblical Samson, who lost his strength when shorn, many men feel sapped of their mojo as their manes fall out.
    Callum Borchers, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
  • He's played both Romeo and Juliet, a cast of biblical figures and a Mona Lisa painting.
    Sherry Liang, CNN, 30 Dec. 2021
  • In fact, biblical scholars say the men may have eaten on a rug on the floor and could even have been reclining).
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
  • There was too much of a deficit, and a single storm — even of biblical proportions — would not be able to solve it in one fell swoop.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2021
  • The compound also is the holiest site for Jews, who call it the Temple Mount and revere it as the home of the biblical Temples.
    Josef Federman, ajc, 29 May 2022
  • She was inspired by the biblical story of Isaac, who came to Sarah and Abraham later in life.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024

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