How to Use hallowed in a Sentence

hallowed

adjective
  • The church stands on hallowed ground.
  • Time will tell if Clark is among those hallowed few.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
  • This is hallowed ground for us space nerds and rocket chasers.
    — Trevor Mahlmann, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Jami will set foot on golf's hallowed grounds for the first time.
    — Dennis Manoloff, cleveland.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Who wouldn’t want to glimpse or touch such a hallowed place, even for a moment?
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The hallowed things of the past have no more claim on you now than a cookie on a plate.
    — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • Those battles are being fought in court as well as in the hallowed halls of ivy.
    — Leslie Sanchez, CBS News, 23 May 2018
  • Because this landscape is hallowed ground of film; this is our set and stage.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022
  • Among the most hallowed are the weigh-in and face-off that occur the day before a match.
    — Brian Seibert, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But one of the things that is sad is that those hallowed spaces are also hollow.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But this was hardly core tech from the hallowed ground of Redmond.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Bootlegger is a must for tiki freaks, as the space is built on hallowed ground.
    — Natalie B. Compton, GQ, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Three weeks ago, the Ducks played like a playoff contender on hallowed turf.
    — oregonlive, 3 Oct. 2021
  • On Tuesday night, the hallowed ground was rocking once again.
    — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • Indeed, caveat emptor may be the first lesson learned in the hallowed but pricey halls of academia.
    — Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 29 May 2017
  • First, there was Ripken's pursuit of one of the most hallowed records in all of sports.
    — Paul Newberry, ajc, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Think cigar box, licorice, tobacco and, of course, the hallowed taste of rancio.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2021
  • And while it was just built this year, the new Stafford homestead lies atop hallowed celebrity ground.
    — James McClain, Robb Report, 28 Dec. 2023
  • What in the world was Jean Imbert doing on such hallowed ground?
    — Cyrill Matter, Town & Country, 8 June 2022
  • The hallowed Cup was on the ice before the puck dropped Wednesday.
    — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • His legacy will always live in the halls of our hallowed Capitol.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • His works even made it into the hallowed halls of the German chancellery.
    — Ombline Damy, JSTOR Daily, 26 June 2025
  • The king was buried on the grounds of the museum, so this really is hallowed ground.
    — Kinsey Gidick, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • In those golden olden days, pop idols were thought of in the most hallowed terms possible.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 May 2026
  • Scroll down to the response form at the bottom to share your memories of our city’s hallowed haunts.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • The night before became a hallowed eve, which is where the name Halloween comes from.
    — Shelby Slade, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Medicine is a hallowed profession.
    — Dr. Jacqueline A. Hart, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Visitors can get close to that horrific yet hallowed spot.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • My original plan, of course, was to join the hallowed ranks of those who’d served, swung, and raised the trophies above their heads.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2019
  • This will not be the first time a dirt-track race has taken place on IMS' hallowed grounds.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2018

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