How to Use hajj in a Sentence

hajj

noun
  • In normal years more than two million pilgrims gather for the hajj.
    — WSJ, 16 July 2021
  • Conducting the hajj this year is a feat few thought possible.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2020
  • Still, immigration lines for hajj can still take up to 12 hours.
    — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The Kaaba is where the hajj pilgrimage begins and ends for most.
    — Amr Nabil and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2021
  • They will also be required to quarantine for a week when the hajj ends on Sunday.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2020
  • Ahead of the hajj’s start, they were required to quarantine in their hotel rooms in Mecca.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2020
  • The Islamic world has never seen a hajj like this in more than 1,400 years.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2020
  • Even the hajj, the pilgrimage required of all practicing Muslims, is no longer safe.
    — Time, 24 Mar. 2022
  • During the last days of hajj, male pilgrims shave their heads and remove the terrycloth white garments worn during the pilgrimage.
    — Aya Batrawy, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • The Saudi government has since widened some roads in Mina to improve the safety of the hajj.
    — Stephen Singer, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • The hajj is one of Islam’s most important requirements to be performed once in a lifetime.
    — Amr Nabil and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2021
  • One of the largest religious gatherings on earth, the second day of the hajj is often the most memorable for pilgrims.
    — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2019
  • As of last year women were able to perform the hajj, the holy pilgrimage to the Saudi city of Mecca, alone.
    — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
  • And, right after that, the driver goes on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia for the hajj.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Performing the hajj is central to Islam and one of the religion’s five pillars.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2020
  • Around the world, Muslims will mark the end of hajj with a celebration called Eid al-Adha.
    — Omar Akour, Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
  • The hajj, which concludes Tuesday, includes Mecca and nearby holy sites.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2022
  • Zarif said final steps to allow the visits likely would be taken after the annual hajj pilgrimage at the end of the month.
    — Jon Gambrell, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2017
  • By 2030, if all goes well, the hajj will be even smarter—and still more lucrative for a host country with already deep pockets.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The hajj is one of Islam’s most important requirements, performed once in a lifetime.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2020
  • Gulbadan was among the first Mughal women to go on the hajj, leading a group of other zenana women in 1576.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The hajj, required of all able-bodied Muslims once in their life, represents one of the world’s largest gatherings of people.
    — Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2023
  • This is true, for example, for Muslims and participation in the hajj.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The two share common rites, but the hajj, held once a year, is the main lengthier ritual that is a once-in-a-lifetime duty for Muslims.
    — NBC News, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Saudi Arabia has never canceled the hajj in the nearly 90 years since the country was founded.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2020
  • The hajj itself is a series of rituals that follow in the footsteps of the prophets Abraham and Ismail.
    — Manal Aman, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2023
  • Back in the year 630 CE, when the first hajj was made, pilgrims journeyed for months to reach Mecca, many by camel.
    — chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The hajj concludes with the Eid al-Adha celebration, marked by the distribution of meat to the poor around the world.
    — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 18 July 2021
  • The hajj, from the Arabic word for pilgrimage, takes place every year for five or six days of the last month of the Islamic calendar.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartz, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Since then, the pilgrimage to Karbala has even eclipsed the hajj, which annually draws between 2 and 3 million.
    — Edith Szanto, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2020

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'hajj.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: