How to Use anoint in a Sentence

anoint

verb
  • The magazine anointed her the most popular actress of the year.
  • Laufey’s rapid ascent has led some to anoint her as jazz’s savior.
    — Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • He’s been anointed, crowned, and feted as the next big thing.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 18 July 2024
  • The local olive trees have long furnished the oil used to anoint kings and high priests.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • These days the media is quick to anoint athletes into this club.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
  • What was once dismissed as merely pop could now be anointed as art.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The siblings anoint each other, bond, and then tear each other to pieces.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • Sometimes fragrant substances, like myrrh, were used to anoint the body.
    — National Geographic, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Yet new coach Sonny Dykes isn’t ready to anoint anyone just yet.
    — Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2022
  • If their name is Stew or Stu, they’ll be anointed a guest of honor.
    — Shera Avi-Yonah, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
  • Matthews has pushed back on the narrative that she was anointed for the party’s top post.
    — Bill Turque, Washington Post, 3 May 2017
  • Then the only decision that needs to be made is whether to anoint with good butter or good olive oil.
    — David Tanis york Times News Service, idahostatesman, 26 Apr. 2017
  • But what has a king, God’s anointed on earth, to do with the messy business of living?
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The Kop anointed him in song as their Egyptian King.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 22 May 2026
  • If not the market, who would Warren anoint to decide which politicians will be heard?
    — Roger Lowenstein, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Fathertime has been anointed by the father, son and the holy spirit.
    — Matthew Glowicki, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Fathertime has been anointed by the father, son and the holy spirit.
    — Kirby Adams, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The posters can be purchased alone or framed and ready to anoint the wall with caffeinated inspiration.
    — Leah Koenig, Forbes, 29 June 2021
  • Using a dab of anointing oil on his gloved thumb, Nalty touched it to the woman’s forehead.
    — USA Today, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Green said — the Padres aren’t ready to anoint the 24-year-old a late-inning regular just yet.
    — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 June 2017
  • But Washington isn’t ready to anoint his young shortstop a Gold Glover just yet.
    — Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
  • At that time, chrism oil is poured on the spoon, which the archbishop dips their finger into to anoint the monarch on their head, chest and hands.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Laws, churches, and IKEA were all anointed.
    — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • So, let’s swipe, lather, and anoint ourselves in apple-and-honey beauty picks for the Best.
    — Meirav Devash, Allure, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Although he was anointed the ur-tech bro of the week, Smith doesn’t have much VC slickness.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2023
  • So to be anointed in that way is like getting a blessing from the Pope or being knighted by the Queen.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • From there, more than a year later, David left for Hebron, where he was anointed king in Saul’s place.
    — sun-sentinel.com, 9 July 2019
  • As long as there has been gaming media, there have been anointed games that everyone who’s part of the club is expected to like.
    — ArsTechnica, 25 May 2026
  • No one inherits leadership, there's no one anointed the leader.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Yes, Carr has been anointed a future star since committing to Notre Dame three years ago.
    — Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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