How to Use hallowed in a Sentence

hallowed

adjective
  • The church stands on hallowed ground.
  • The hall, in the shadow of Big Ben, is one of the most hallowed places in British public life.
    Mark Landler, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • But this was hardly core tech from the hallowed ground of Redmond.
    Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Now, even the hallowed halls of U.S. Congress are embracing the trend.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 26 July 2023
  • What in the world was Jean Imbert doing on such hallowed ground?
    Cyrill Matter, Town & Country, 8 June 2022
  • And while it was just built this year, the new Stafford homestead lies atop hallowed celebrity ground.
    James McClain, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Because this landscape is hallowed ground of film; this is our set and stage.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
  • Westminster Hall, in the shadow of Big Ben, is one of the most hallowed places in British public life.
    Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The hallowed walls of the new hotel once encompassed the apartment where Mozart lived and wrote The Abduction from the Seraglio.
    Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Davis came in needing 26 points to break Maravich's hallowed mark that stood for over 50 years.
    Tom Withers, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • His legacy will always live in the halls of our hallowed Capitol.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Enjoy a walk on the hallowed grounds where Wilbur and Orville took their historic first flight in 1903, then come join us for some fun flight of your own.
    Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2022
  • Here was Zappe, the Patriots’ fourth-round pick, called in to lead on the hallowed Lambeau ground with his back up against his own end zone.
    Karen Guregian, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2022
  • By the turn of the millennium, the lucha scene in Los Angeles was on the ropes and the hallowed Olympic was on its way to becoming a church.
    Jaime Falcón, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In the premiere episode, Viserys reveals the hallowed knowledge to Rhaenyra for the first time after naming her his heir.
    Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Every coronation of British monarchs has been held at the hallowed venue since 1066, when William the Conqueror was crowned.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But the thrill of attending one of the nation’s most hallowed halls of learning was soon replaced by outrage.
    Tara Adhikari, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2022
  • The museum’s main structure does not touch the hallowed grounds on which it is located.
    Aaron Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • But right before that, on a stage filled with the most hallowed names in baseball, Sandberg made a pointed choice of words to cap his address.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2022
  • After news of her casting broke, Debicki told EW the hallowed dress was among the first questions on many lips.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 26 Oct. 2022
  • In the roughly 30 years since Austin has been living at and looking after the property full-time, but is now ready to part ways with the hallowed home.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Twisting vines glow when etched into, but not through, a hallowed-out pumpkin.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 15 July 2022
  • James Cromwell belongs to that hallowed tier of celebs who put their money where their mouths are — or, rather, are down to get arrested for a cause.
    Vulture, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Yet another reminder that Cassidy, much like the hallowed Fours on Canal Street, will be a tough act to follow.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2022
  • Yet, many are beginning to believe Hall has the potential to eclipse the 35-year-old world record, including the owner of the hallowed mark.
    Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • This may very well have been the first time the initial peek at a commercial musical has occurred on the country’s most hallowed ground for the Armed Forces.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
  • His work with Knight covered hallowed ground in the sports apparel and athletics worlds.
    oregonlive, 19 July 2022
  • And with that, professional sports’ most hallowed record fell.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Albert Pujols seemed like a long shot in early August to reach 700 home runs, still more than a dozen swings from the hallowed mark and his power stroke all but gone.
    Beth Harris, Chron, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Woods sounded more optimistic about this tournament at one of the sport’s hallowed grounds.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 14 July 2022

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