How to Use ritual in a Sentence

ritual

1 of 2 adjective

• Then came their friends, the ritual removal of masks, and hugs.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
• And part of that is ritual; part of that is just the distance between places and the way people move.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
• There’s a thing about this sport in Japan that there is ritual and honor inside of it.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• But to that list, a lot of us would add the ritual, stretching past 50 years now, of Bruce Springsteen in concert.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
• The ritual hand shake, and then the victory twirl, which her glittery black cocktail dress was made for.
  — Amy Bass, CNN, 30 Aug. 2022
• On the first two nights of Passover, there's a seder, a ritual meal that re-tells the Exodus of the Israelites with a reading from a Haggadah, which serves as a guide for the seder.
  — Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 5 Mar. 2023
• If the bill passes, Utah would be the first state in decades to enact a law codifying ritual abuse.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
• When the tribe hunkers down for its daily repast, ritual and symbolism are the rule.
  — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
• Around the same time as Sumerians, Egyptians had been composing ritual recitations about the sky and the iron (bjA) in it.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2023
• Most racecar drivers have this thing called a race ritual.
  — Allison Tsai, SELF, 16 May 2022
• The reaching out to save oneself is also a kind of ritual — one that some addicts would say God built into us.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2023
• At the end of the treatment, the ritual acts to formalize this mind-senses activation to bring the person back into the present.
  — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2022
• On the same night, everywhere in the world where there are Jews, the ritual meal takes place, though the food and flavors differ according to the local culture.
  — Kate Maxwell Lindsey Tramuta Reggie Nadelson Gisela Williams Roxanne Fequiere Siska Lyssens, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• Tabolli thinks that the statues were immersed in thermal waters in a sort of ritual.
  — Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
• One thing that seems to make keeping up with friends easier is ritual.
  — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 10 June 2022
• The only thing certain is that the most important ritual following the death of a pope — a conclave to elect a new one — does not apply.
  — Time, 28 Dec. 2022
• Raking is a kind of fall ritual like replacing screens with storm windows, closing the crawl-space vents, etc.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
• Also known in Malay as the Mandi Bunga, the bathing ritual harnesses the power of seven blooms.
  — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
• Among the show’s principal motifs is the African mask, once used for ritual purposes across much of the continent.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
• The walls are covered in a repeating pattern of vèvè symbols, the ritual designs employed in Haitian Vodou.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• This sip is a sacred ritual part of the daily bath in the river taken by many devout Indians.
  — Oliver Franklin-Wallis, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
• Twice a year, every year, the ritual returns as literal clockwork: the start and end of daylight saving time.
  — Diba Mohtasham, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• They are assumed to have some ritual importance, but the reason why they were placed in the tombs remains uncertain.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
• The fact that the Pearsons perform the same ritual multiple years later makes last night's scene around the apple tree that much more powerful.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 4 May 2022
• But this was only the second time Smith had come close enough for his head to be shaved, a ritual freighted with awful meaning for the men on death row at Wethersfield State Prison.
  — Annalisa Quinn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2023
• Its origins date to the pre-Hispanic era and the ritual sacrifices made to the Mexica, or Aztec, goddess Centéotl, the goddess of corn.
  — Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2022
• Some of those aligned with the QAnon conspiracy that held that the world was governed by an elite ruling class that engaged in ritual child sacrifice.
  — The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• The Olympic truce, rooted in the traditions of ancient Greece and reimagined three decades ago for the modern Games, has become as much a part of the ritual prelude to the events as the lighting of the torch and the scramble for hotel rooms.
  — Andrew Keh, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
• In fact, there is more steam rising from the grounds of the Pharmalot campus than from our ritual cup of stimulation — our choice today is glazed doughnut.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 23 July 2022
• Over 500 years ago, a teenage Inca girl died during a ritual sacrifice high in the Andes Mountains in present-day Peru.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2023

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ritual

2 of 2 noun

• The priest will perform the ritual.
• His day-to-day life is based on ritual.
• He was buried simply, without ceremony or ritual.
• The ritual seemed important, though, the getting out of the city.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• Now the color red and fireworks are part of the Lunar New Year rituals.
  — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
• For creatures of habit Is retreating with a book and a warm cup of tea a ritual for your pal?
  — Angela Ledgerwood, wsj.com, 28 Oct. 2023
• Workers in Longview, Texas kicked off the ritual of practice protests on June 27.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 7 July 2023
• Cox has learned to set aside time morning and night for her skincare ritual.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
• This small luxury and ritual might be just the thing to bring cozy comfort to your living room, too.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2024
• This would be a great month to choose a mantra, a ritual, or a daily habit that sets you up for long-term happiness and success.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2023
• In too many places, voting came to be seen as a meaningless ritual.
  — Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
• Francis did preside over the Holy Thursday ritual of washing the feet of the faithful at a women’s prison in Rome.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• But through it all, the ritual of the New Year's resolution remains.
  — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2023
• Of course, the ritual of casual t-shirts worn tucked into linen pants is a no-brainer.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
• From 5-minute showers to hours in the bath, cleansing your body is a ritual to initiate and conclude your day.
  — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 30 Aug. 2023
• All of my favorite memories from being on set are some of our behind-the-scenes rituals.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 12 May 2023
• She’s often catalyzed the process with a secret ritual.
  — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2023
• The arrival of the salad triggered a flashback moment because Jonathan used to treat the dressing of the salad almost as a ritual.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• The cloth plays an important role in Kalabari death, too, with both the mourners and the newly dead’s house draped in George, a ritual to usher them to the realm of ancestors.
  — Raksha Vasudevan, Harper's BAZAAR, 9 May 2023
• This one is my new summer favorite, and the interactive ritual in the middle of wide-open nature seems to have been a hit with our friends too.
  — Kiki Kudo, Vogue, 28 Aug. 2023
• Enjoying one of those baked goods was as much of a Sunday ritual for Erica Abe as going to church in Seoul as a girl.
  — Elyse Inamine, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• The third berceuse is from a late scene where one of the guests attempts a magic ritual and fails, demanding the slaughter of an innocent person.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• The glamorous ocean-view houses of Malibu sit where the Chumash fished, hunted, played and performed rituals.
  — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• The ritual of preparing food is essential to the practice.
  — Essence, 27 Dec. 2023
• Not since 2018’s summer of Movie Pass has there been such enthusiasm for the dying ritual of spending a day at the movie theater.
  — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 24 July 2023
• For Cruz, dancing to honor the Virgin is a ritual of happiness.
  — Chantal Flores, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• The first few months were filled with the normal rituals of settling into a new place: finding somewhere to live, making new friends, and figuring out the good spots to eat.
  — Desmond Vincent, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2023
• The elaborate recipe wasn’t just used as a personal fragrance—in sacred rituals, at dawn and dusk, kyphi was thrown over hot coals, so the scented smoke could cling to hair and clothes.
  — Kristin Limoges, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Aug. 2023
• There are also a handful of hydrotherapy treatments and one-of-a-kind bath rituals.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Dec. 2023
• The parting bite was coconut fudge finished with edible gold leaf, a nod to the Diwali rituals of eating sweets and giving gifts.
  — Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024