How to Use the Virgin Mary in a Sentence

the Virgin Mary

noun

• As the star of the night, Karly dressed up as the Virgin Mary.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• And how many times do people see the Virgin Mary in a glass of tea.
  — Big Think, 24 June 2024
• At the front, near the sidewalk, a tall rock pedestal holds a statue of the Virgin Mary.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
• Yes, there are lots of jokes about the Virgin Mary and holy ghosting.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 30 May 2025
• The piece depicts Joseph and the Virgin Mary with young Jesus resting in the woods on their journey.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
• Miriam of Nazareth, best known as the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus.
  — Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• Enormous paintings of Christ and the Virgin Mary hung from the walls, framed by scrolling masonry.
  — Emily Harnett, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
• To these settlers, the Mary in Maryland suggested the Virgin Mary.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
• There's a towering white statue of the Virgin Mary where people go to pray.
  — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 May 2025
• In the crowd, protesters held signs with images of the Virgin Mary and Mexican flags.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
• The first guest to speak, the group’s leader, stood and handed Noboa an effigy of the Virgin Mary, as if in offering.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• Called the Madonnari, the artists used chalk and pastels to draw depictions of the Virgin Mary onto pavement.
  — Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2023
• Less than 5 percent of Italy’s streets or squares are named after a woman, and half of those are saints or martyrs or the Virgin Mary.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• The prayer is one of four Marian antiphons, or prayers to the Virgin Mary, which is said throughout the Easter season.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
• Around his neck, Viktor wears silver medallions of the Virgin Mary and the crucifix.
  — Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
• The famous Crown of the Andes, created to adorn a statue of the Virgin Mary, contains 450 emeralds.
  — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• The journey from Bethlehem to Egypt was long and perilous, and it is said that the flower blossomed at each spot where the Virgin Mary rested along the way.
  — Bridget Retzloff, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
• On Tuesday wooden chipboard covered the niche where he will be buried, beside the chapel that houses the Virgin Mary icon.
  — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
• Construction has begun on a 180-foot statue of the Virgin Mary in Konotopie, Poland.
  — Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2025
• In a prelude to her wedding outfit, Kourtney wore a veil and short black dress emblazoned with a likeness of the Virgin Mary.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• Visitors are welcome to tour the church that houses what many believe is a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2025
• Of course, she gets asked to do a reading at the family church’s Christmas service and goes wildly off-script while the Virgin Mary statue talks to her.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
• Small sculptures of the Virgin Mary and a few red ribbons are scattered on side tables in their living room, alongside plastic green wreaths.
  — Fatima Abdulkarim, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
• The halo of the golden plate, evoking the Virgin Mary, as well as the cat on the hearth behind him, emphasize his domesticity.
  — Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
• In a portrait from 1928, a Puerto Rican woman holds a devotional painting of the Virgin Mary and child.
  — Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 26 Nov. 2024
• Famous examples of pareidolia include seeing a man in the moon; a potato chip with the face of the Virgin Mary; or a bathroom floor tile that looks like Donald Trump.
  — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
• The pendant itself is an image of the Virgin Mary, encircled by a sunburst-like filigree frame.
  — Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 11 June 2025
• The icon screen shows various scenes of the saints, the Virgin Mary and Christ.
  — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 5 Apr. 2026
• Large statues of the Virgin Mary show her in various states of mourning, even in anguish.
  — Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026
• Outside, the protesters sang hymns and chanted prayers and held signs and images of the Virgin Mary.
  — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026