How to Use altar in a Sentence

altar

noun
  • In front of her stood the altar.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The choir is on ice, and a lone adult serves the priest at the altar.
    — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Now, the couple is in no rush to the altar.
    — Daniela Avila, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The relics of five saints were placed and sealed within the altar.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • There is still an organ, but there is a set of drums on the altar.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Oh, and Rachel just ditched Nicky at the altar.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
  • An altar was made around a large statue of a man and a woman.
    — Dallas News, 1 June 2020
  • In lieu of a coffin, a large picture of her stood at the altar.
    — Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2021
  • Wipe down the altar and the items on it before placing them back.
    — Zayda Rivera, Parents, 2 July 2024
  • But most of all, this altar of the dead was covered in photos.
    — Mariana Enriquez october 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
  • An old man in a driving hat takes a seat by the altar, leans over, and ties his shoes.
    — Anna Deforest, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Petals are sprinkled on the floor leading to the altar to guide the souls to it.
    — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • The marigold is believed to guide spirits to the altars.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • More than two dozen parishioners kneeled at an altar and laid hands over each other.
    — Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Ryan's casket was placed in a special area at the front of the church near the altar.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The altar was accessed, oddly, by eleven stairs.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And a bride with cold feet is now a groom trying not to jilt his husband-to-be at the altar.
    — Jordan Riefe, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • The relics will be displayed on a table in the center aisle near the altar.
    — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
  • It is then placed on the altar before the moment of crowning.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
  • Sandoval was a teenager when her late father set up the first altars.
    — Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The lighthearted ad ends with the two brides sharing a quick kiss on the altar.
    — Mae Anderson, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The men will join a long procession of clerics in the walk to the main altar.
    — Tony Aiello, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Six couples got engaged in the pods, but only two made it to the altar.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The florals were strung up above the altar and trailed down into the aisle below.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 June 2022
  • The former couple were one of the few matches from the show who made it down the altar.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Two men wrestled three large timpani drums up the steps to the space before the altar.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Will Alfie show up to object at the altar?
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2025
  • The images showed the pair at the altar in their wedding attire.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The couple sweetly held hands at the altar just ahead of their nuptials.
    — Nicole Briese, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
  • In another, the late singer exchanged rings with his new wife at the altar.
    — Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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