How to Use Benedictine in a Sentence

Benedictine

noun
  • Benedictine pushed its record to 8-1.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Ugorji scored two TDs and Benedictine won its eighth straight game.
    — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Those were small numbers from the Benedictine star players on offense.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Purdue Northwest and Benedictine are his top choices at this point.
    — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Hildegard was a Catholic abbess of the Benedictine Order.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Benedictine also has a campus in Mesa, Arizona.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The team has played its home games at Benedictine University across the street since 2005.
    — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Jackson Dooley passed for 269 yards and three touchdowns for Benedictine.
    — Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Ugorji totaled 64 yards of rushing for Benedictine.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Wright returned to the monastery in Oceanside to begin the official formation program of a Benedictine monk.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Benedictine was delicious but subtle, especially amid the other spices.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2025
  • After rolling through competition all year, Benedictine finished its season with a record of 12-2.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Its owner, a nonprofit that supports a community of Benedictine monks, put it on the market earlier this year.
    — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Looking ahead for Benedictine, next week’s game opponent, site, date and time were to be determined later Saturday.
    — Kc Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Also in August, Vaghy committed to play softball at Benedictine.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Last season, Benedictine fell to Keiser (Florida) in the semis in a heartbreaker.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The book tells the story of a college student writing her senior thesis about her aunt, an actress who left Hollywood to become a Benedictine nun.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 15 Dec. 2025
  • In the mid-fifties, the family visited the Benedictine monastery at Disentis, which operated a school.
    — Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Benedictine also produced 201 rushing yards.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The Falcons actually gave themselves a final shot late, advancing the football to Benedictine’s 8-yard line.
    — Kc Star, Kansas City Star, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Benedictine’s Tanner Zimmerman scored on a 79-yard pass play and totaled 134 yards receiving on five catches.
    — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The backstory The building in which Splendido makes its fabulous home was first built in the 16th century as a Benedictine monastery.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Rosner’s mother, Jill, played volleyball at Benedictine, and her father, John, played baseball at Illinois-Chicago.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • In a lengthy statement to Fox News Digital, Benedictine University defended the event.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Senior defenders Ava Feigl (Belmont) and Emma Lukin (Benedictine) are the lone returning starters, so success should start from the back.
    — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Check out the Benedictine monastery ruins, swim in the Dead Sea lake, spot the wild peacocks, and see the Iron Throne replica from Game of Thrones before heading back to the old town in time for dinner.
    — Katie Monk, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2025
  • Delbarton, an elite all-boys Catholic prep school in northern New Jersey where several former students have come forward to allege abuse at the hands of the Benedictine order’s monks, could soon find itself under a harsh spotlight.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The New Orleans version was created in the city’s French Quarter—or Vieux Carré—where there’s the addition of Benedictine and Cognac.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The New Orleans version was created in the city’s French Quarter—or Vieux Carré—where there’s the addition of Benedictine and Cognac.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2026
  • The New Orleans version was created in the city’s French Quarter—or Vieux Carré—where there’s the addition of Benedictine and Cognac.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025

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