How to Use crucifix in a Sentence

crucifix

noun
  • He wears a crucifix on a chain around his neck.
  • Our guides chanted and made the sign of the crucifix on our backs.
    — Melissa Twigg, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The casket was draped in black cloth and bore a small crucifix.
    — Babar Dogar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • The students then filed out to class through a door with a crucifix over it.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Many Catholics keep a crucifix in their bedroom to guard them at night.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The chain around his neck is white gold, as is the 2-inch crucifix hanging from it.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Her mom pushed back a stray hair and straightened the small chain with a crucifix around the girl’s neck.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Inside, a crucifix sports a spooky ribcage.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Remove that crucifix from your wall.
    — Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The glare of a neon crucifix, perched on a hill above the school, flooded the football field with light.
    — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
  • Zerai, a heavyset man in a white soutane, a crucifix hanging from his neck, laughs at this new twist of fate.
    — Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Also, Kristen just killed a man, and now a crucifix burns her skin.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Stratton took down Jade with a crucifix bomb for a nearfall.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • One fan told Rife to carry salt, a lighter, a Bible and a crucifix at all times.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2025
  • There was a defacement of a crucifix in Lebanon.
    — CBS News, 10 May 2026
  • And hanging on a nail over the sink was a clay crucifix that her grandmother had given her.
    — Andrea Gallo and Bryn Stole | Staff Writers, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • In the church’s nave, nuns were buried in wooden coffins filled with crucifixes, medals and small bone crosses.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • An alabaster stone fused with a crucifix lay beside; it is said to have always been by his bedside.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On one of your crucifixes, the head of Christ is a hamburger.
    — John Richardson, Town & Country, 13 Oct. 2015
  • Yimel Alvarado lies sick in the gloom of her tiny bedroom, a crucifix on the wall above her head.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Lucy sat silently, chin cupped in hands, drinking in the crucifix, the candles, the flowers.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The site described how parts of the plane had been used to create a crucifix memorial for the pilots.
    — al, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Deegan sits in the chapel moments later, a crucifix on the wall, a siren wailing outside.
    — USA Today, 12 Mar. 2021
  • At the very end of that episode, Kristen walks into her bathroom, pulls out a rosary, and the crucifix burns her hand.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2021
  • His goal was to find the crash site and have the crucifix placed there as a memorial to his uncle and the others who perished.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • The Pope hit out at the 'abuse' of the crucifix by people who wear them as fashion accessories.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Stratton hit a rolling crucifix followed by a BME for the win.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Eventually, the captain lashed himself to the wheel with a crucifix in hand to try to bring the ship into port.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
  • My aunts had changed her into a pink nightgown, placed a scarf around her head, and folded her arms across her chest, a rosary and crucifix clasped in her hands.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The letter is in a folder on the mantel, near a crucifix that once belonged to a Catholic bishop.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2017

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