How to Use chalice in a Sentence
chalice
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The men passed the chalice around the fire, each taking sips from the cup.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
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Eli in blonde Viking braids with a purple chalice?
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
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The votes are counted and added to those already in the main chalice.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 8 May 2025
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The artwork for this one features knights and ladies, with chalices and crests.
—Jonathan H. Liu, WIRED, 16 Aug. 2012
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Hence, golden chalices, carved rhino horns and glass tankards.
—Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
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But legend had it that in that place was a grail chalice, or two cruets rather, one of blood and one of sweat.
—Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2019
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The focaccia is served on a silver plate and is paired with wine in a chalice.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
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No, the Stars are still 10 wins away from the silver chalice.
—Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2020
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The one thing missing, of course, is that shiny silver chalice for the trophy case.
—Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2022
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Seen up close, several bones are visible near the base of the chalice and on top of the plate.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
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They are allowed to refill their chalice from one of the pools afterwards.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Someone slit the animal’s throat and filled a chalice with the blood that came glomping out.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2022
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But Pacino took the chalice home, adding to the enormous bill.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2021
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The only items missing were the priest’s accordion and chalice.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
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With the dead and the wounded sprawled around them, the mocambos gulped the wine from the sacramental chalice.
—Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026
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There was one piece a crown of thorns (from Sean Leane) and the chalice potentially.
—Rosemary Feitelberg | Wwd, latimes.com, 7 May 2018
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Apollo gave the great bird one of his favorite chalices to collect the magical water.
—Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities, 15 Apr. 2017
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Macaulay Culkin’s character literally prayed over it with a tall glass of milk in a chalice.
—Nick Rallo, Dallas News, 15 May 2020
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There was a sacrifice behind every set of hands that held that chalice on that skate around the Joe Louis ice.
—Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2022
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Recovered in 14 fragments, the chalice was once the size of a cereal bowl.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2020
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Also, this counts from the start of the franchise to the first lifting of Lord Stanley’s grand chalice.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 June 2024
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In it, a round, bready dish can be seen sitting next to a wine chalice and series of fruits and flowers, all arraigned on a silver platter.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
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The Ayatollah, for his part, like his predecessor, will have to lift the chalice to his lips and take a sip.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
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The different shells might be splayed and ruffled like a cancan skirt, sleek and streamlined like a race car, flat like an open palm or deeply cupped like a chalice.
—Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 2 Feb. 2021
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By the time the chalice arrived on the scene, the Romans had long since abandoned Vindolanda.
—Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2020
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To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
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At first sight, Alana Wilson’s vases, jugs and chalices look about 3,000 years old.
—Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 12 May 2017
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The silver chalices and pitchers and the ornate woodwork of the altar bring magic to the atmosphere.
—Nancy A. Ruhling, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
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The 7-year-old girl grabbed the chalice with the consecrated wine representing the blood of Christ and took a sip.
—Alfonzo Galvan, USA TODAY, 3 May 2022
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No team from Canada has won the chalice since the 1993 Canadiens.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2021
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