How to Use ritualistic in a Sentence

ritualistic

adjective

• The ritualistic cheer brought a smile to the face of Robert Jasper.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2021
• The Brew combines some of the ritualistic elements of pour over with the ease of a drip machine.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 26 Jan. 2024
• And so many different parts, like coming to the game early, are almost ritualistic for a lot of the fans in this game.
  — Alex Scordelis, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2024
• Gong believes focusing on the ritualistic aspect of skin care will help her brand stand out from the noisy crowd.
  — Denni Hu, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
• The jar may have been a ritualistic offering, and the building could have been a cultic center.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• In some sort of ritualistic pattern that also had meaning at the site.
  — Becky Cooper, Town & Country, 10 Nov. 2020
• The ginger teams with the ferric, iron flavor of the blood for an effect that goes down like exotic, ritualistic chili.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2022
• On the ritualistic power of beauty Growing up, there was a big focus on Ayurvedic beauty and self-care.
  — Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2023
• Now, after shaking the opponent’s hand and cycling through his ritualistic hopping, Dixon hears Mull in the back of his head.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
• Themes are stated with ritualistic panache, like when a cunning billionaire in a bathrobe talks up Thomas Hobbes.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2022
• The power part is what often gets edited out during the ritualistic replays of King’s speech.
  — John Blake, CNN, 15 Jan. 2023
• The film culminates in a ritualistic dance at Shibuya Crossing, where Anpu silently judges the hearts of passersby.
  — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
• Like the beach hut, the residence is cluttered with ritualistic symbols, candles, and creepy books.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
• The teen trio then stayed in the house for about half an hour, trying to make the scene seem ritualistic by placing a Bible upon Rod’ corpse, further mutilating his body, and putting a knife in Lois’s dead hand.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
• The circles lent a gently ritualistic spirit to the pieces, as with a twisted wrap crop-top that was paired with low-rise black pants, then spun into a hoop at the back, the fabric left to trail in a dramatic train.
  — Ellie Pithers, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2023
• Ancient Maya may have traveled deep into these caves to conduct ritualistic sacrifices to Chac, the god of rain.
  — Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2014
• There was pyro hot enough to feel on your skin from 50 yards away, explosions loud enough to hurt your head even with earplugs in, and the ritualistic moments where Gene Simmons breathes fire and Paul Stanley zip-lines across the floor of the arena.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2023
• Many of the practices in Celestial churches tend to be ritualistic.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 28 July 2022
• This wasn’t always the case, however, and a new analysis from deep inside an ancient cave shows the birds may once have been plentiful — and used in ritualistic feasts.
  — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
• During the Jewish Passover, the egg takes on many ritualistic roles; the roasted or hard-boiled orb is center stage on the seder plate symbolizing the cycle of life and hopeful beginnings.
  — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
• There’s something that’s so ritualistic about it, and grounding.
  — Dessane Lopez Cassell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• In ritualistic fashion, fans would line up in droves to watch the burly kid from Sonora take the mound, showing up to Dodger Stadium wearing their Valenzuela apparel.
  — Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 23 Oct. 2024
• Alongside flute-piping satyrs, they’re engaged in a wild, ritualistic dance, while shellfish, eels, squid and poultry dangle above them.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
• Nevertheless, sweetness and fat were enough to lend cakes an aura of the extraordinary and earn them a ritualistic role in our lives.
  — New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
• Their ritualistic music and powerful singing offer a transcendent connection to the forest, bridging the past and the present with each note.
  — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2024
• There's something just so horrific and almost ritualistic about it, which, again, feels right for Lumon.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 18 Feb. 2025
• The candle’s purpose is to create a ritualistic cue to stay present, let go of overwork, unwind, and tap into your creativity.
  — Karin Eldor, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• Her aid to customers comes in the form of limpias, or ritualistic spiritual cleanses on people, homes and businesses.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2023
• Towards the end, The Closer takes on a strange, almost ritualistic quality, as Chappelle tells his story of the tragedy, cheered on by an audience of simpering fans.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2021
• The ritualistic acts of weeding, mulching, pruning, and watering gave us not only a reprieve from the stresses of everyday life, but also a chance to connect with each other, nature, and our new community.
  — Natalie Pattillo, Vox, 4 Apr. 2025