How to Use bless in a Sentence

bless

verb
  • The water for the baptism has been blessed.
  • The priest blessed their marriage at the wedding.
  • The priest blessed the baby I held in my arms.
  • And God bless you, Stephen King, for telling the world that.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The Lord has blessed me with a sharp mind and the courage to stand up for what is right.
    Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Niko, bless him, is in a poor way at the end of season 2.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • God bless them, but most don’t last too long on the cold days.
    Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 5 Nov. 2020
  • The notes in the orders saying, 'God bless... and thank you!
    Jaclyn Greenberg, Parents, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Each of us has been blessed with a body, a mind, and a life in which to use them well.
    Allbusiness, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • God bless you to the people who do try, but that's not my job.
    Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The club managers, God bless them, had a soft spot for GIs.
    Ken Perrotte, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2020
  • At the end of the day, a school’s library was as good as the person it was blessed with.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The nurse called the priest to do an exorcism on the house and bless the nurse and her roommate.
    Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The ovation when the priest said the prayer and said ‘God bless our Pacers’ was great.
    Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • Leave it to Cindy to bless our feeds and give the best wellness advice.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Thank you, God bless you, and may God bless the United States of et cetera.
    Jeremy Beiler, The New Yorker, 13 May 2020
  • God has blessed us to be able to take all these trips and visits.
    Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Father Joe Fowler will bless the beer for the parade around 6 p.m.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022
  • When Bogle turned around to say bless you, the student’s mask had been pulled down.
    Connor Sheets | Csheets@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2020
  • One person even paid for the Myers to go to Rome to have the Pope bless Lizzy's eyes.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • There will be food, beer and Irish tunes and Father Joe Fowler will bless the beer.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2022
  • May God bless you guys in this new chapter of your lives.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 6 July 2021
  • To those who have taken the time to wish me harm or even death, may God bless you.
    oregonlive, 2 June 2021
  • Most people are blessed enough to not know any in their life.
    Michael O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2019
  • We were blessed to have a writers’ room that could generate 20 to 25 movie ideas.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
  • And at least one pickle pope blessing people with herbs.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • It's blessed with empty beaches and ultra-fine sands, its turquoise waters revealing one of the world's largest barrier reefs.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026
  • It has been said that Persian Gulf countries are both blessed and cursed by their vast oil and gas reserves.
    Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Feeling blessed to be surrounded by so much love.
    Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
  • And we’re blessed to get him back for another year.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026

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