How to Use Lent in a Sentence

Lent

noun

• The end of Lent means a steak dinner awaits my next restaurant escape.
  — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
• The Lent season is coming to a close, which means Easter is just a skip and a hop away.
  — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2024
• Spring is around the corner, which means the return of the Christian season of Lent.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
• The boycott on Target was planned to run alongside Lent, for 40 days.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
• Easter is a day of celebration, and with Lent over, Christians can eat meat.
  — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024
• Snails were classified as fish by the Catholic Church and could even be eaten during Lent.
  — Garritt C. Van Dyk, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 May 2025
• This month, Brazil celebrates with almost as much gusto (and as many feathers) as when Lent is about to roll around.
  — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
• Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, a season marked by sacrifice and solemnity.
  — Ruth Graham, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• The boycott is starting on the first day of Lent, and will concurrently last a total of 40 days.
  — Solcyré Burga, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
• Ingredients like sugar, butter, eggs and yeast are put into the dough before giving them up for Lent.
  — Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
• In addition, many adherents of Lent are older, and a key benefit of cannabis is relief.
  — Tribune Content Agency, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2025
• Today, Mardi Gras is seen as a chance to go all out and party before the solemn period of Lent.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
• Something about the liturgical season of Lent seems effortful.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 Mar. 2024
• In the Christian tradition, Lent is a season of giving something up for 40 days.
  — Janine Schindler, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
• Mother's Day in Britain is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent, which varies from year to year.
  — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
• In addition to its regular menu, the Music Box is in Lent mode with its popular fish fry.
  — Sam Allard, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025
• The practices were somewhat penitential, but not as intense as those of Lent, and the spirit was much more preparation than penance.
  — WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• While Lent is officially over – and there's no need to hide your meat from the Lord above – Rath plans on making maultaschen as a special.
  — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 Apr. 2024
• Once Easter came and Lent ended, Alvarez offered to take her grandma to some new local spots for chocolate.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
• The festival had a Christian tie-in, as a burst of hedonism before the austerity of Lent.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
• For the Vatican, the Lent of 2025 takes place in a desert of uncertainty as the pope’s health hangs in the balance.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
• With Lent underway and Easter just around the corner, churches are once again immersed in one of their busiest seasons (along with Christmas).
  — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
• Today, Italians enjoy them as a butter-free treat during Lent or give them to Valentines as a sweet token of their affection.
  — Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2025
• Carnival, which takes place the week before Lent, is particularly popular.
  — AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
• The Catholic Church in Venezuela bent the rules for the semiaquatic animal, allowing it to be eaten during Lent.
  — Gary Shteyngart, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
• In the early days of Lent – the time period of fasting between Ash Wednesday and Easter – meat was given up, as well as dairy products.
  — USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2024
• In February, in the weeks leading up to Lent, this momentous event sees locals enjoy a weekend of celebration ahead of Easter.
  — AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025
• During the Middle Ages, individuals would return home to visit their mother church and their mothers on the fourth Sunday of Lent.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 9 May 2023
• And, between Lent, Advent, Wednesdays and Fridays, and various other days, as many as 150 days of the year might require fasting for lay people.
  — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 4 Aug. 2025
• The Wilton band has also celebrated the safeguarding of 77 acres of land the tribe reclaimed last month, as well as the acquisition of 30 acres along Lent Ranch and Promenade parkways.
  — Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024