How to Use ritual in a Sentence

ritual

1 of 2 adjective
  • The ritual marks a line where nature has left none.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Then came their friends, the ritual removal of masks, and hugs.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
  • This is how your kid’s bedtime ritual ends.
    — Reuven Perlman, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Age is a rite of passage marked in many cultures through ritual and rite.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Those remains bore the marks of a skilled woodsman and ritual sadist.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • That ritual—small but mighty—can boost your mood and ripple into the rest of your self-care.
    — Essence, 21 Nov. 2025
  • This would be fitting and in honor of our ritual dinners and card games.
    — CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • One thing that seems to make keeping up with friends easier is ritual.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 10 June 2022
  • And part of that is ritual; part of that is just the distance between places and the way people move.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Just like my star-bathing ritual, snow-watching elicits that sense of calm and amazement.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025
  • When the tribe hunkers down for its daily repast, ritual and symbolism are the rule.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Leaders who treat on-site time as ritual, not logistics, send a clear message.
    — Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • This is the time to finally take that workshop, trip, class, ritual, or anything that opens your world.
    — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 20 Nov. 2025
  • Rolling a joint has always been part ritual, part art, part social connector.
    — Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Seoul’s café culture balances design, craft and ritual at a high level.
    — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • How does a kitchen clean-up ritual support the Sunday reset?
    — Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
  • The lounge is built around fellowship, ritual and a sense of belonging.
    — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Saltz echoes the value of ritual and memory.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Tabolli thinks that the statues were immersed in thermal waters in a sort of ritual.
    — Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Raking is a kind of fall ritual like replacing screens with storm windows, closing the crawl-space vents, etc.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Is this citrusy ritual really the miracle elixir it’s hyped up to be?
    — Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 23 June 2026
  • The inspiration for it came from a ritual Chester had practiced for years.
    — Essence, 18 Nov. 2025
  • The work draws heavily on Balkan folklore and ritual.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For Beth Mensing, ice cream has always been about family and ritual.
    — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Dark matter doesn't have much of an impact on your midday lunch order or your nightly bedtime ritual.
    — CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That opening is followed by a short prologue that describes runners on a ritual morning run.
    — John Motyka, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Clear a corner and shift a chair, or start a gentle bedtime ritual, because tiny changes renew your sense of safety.
    — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • If the bill passes, Utah would be the first state in decades to enact a law codifying ritual abuse.
    — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The ritual floats on, coming around each summer like the willow warbler or the common cuckoo.
    — Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Yet many now think of it as a wasteful ritual requiring compliance to petty rules.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026

ritual

2 of 2 noun
  • The priest will perform the ritual.
  • His day-to-day life is based on ritual.
  • He was buried simply, without ceremony or ritual.
  • For rye fans, though, the hunt is part of the ritual.
    — Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Some works took the shape of ritual.
    — Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But over time, my friend told me, the ritual got a bit stale.
    — Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Was this a site of cultish rituals?
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
  • And then there's the in-flight ritual.
    — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
  • But which sunscreen should be a part of your ritual?
    — Jenny Berg, Glamour, 22 June 2026
  • The small rituals of a concert crowd make a show feel shared.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026
  • If your life is in chaos like mine was, make showing up your ritual.
    — Tamar Gakharia, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For many, the day is less a one-time outing and more a ritual.
    — Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Passover is the ritual that teaches us how to leave.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Be part of the ritual, not just the result.
    — Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • These rituals help teams skip months of slow trust-building.
    — Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The ritual has kept him out of trouble.
    — Saumya Roy, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The exchange is part of the ritual.
    — Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 10 May 2026
  • Make time in your life to join hands and create daily ritual.
    — Glorious Hoshiko, Vogue, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Here are the niche themes worth trying and the food, decor and rituals that bring each one to life.
    — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • Cox has learned to set aside time morning and night for her skincare ritual.
    — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Without that ritual the stress of the sale lingers in your system.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Unlike the club scene, this ritual is more of an older male’s game.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But doing the same rituals day in and day out can start to feel stale, even stifling.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There’s a cursed avant-garde horror movie that may be an occult ritual.
    — Neil McRobert, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Pair a few squares with some fresh fruit, or make it into a nighttime wind-down ritual.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The ritual will backfire on them.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Then there are the rituals that organize the day.
    — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • So much of the ritual of sports is enacted in the past and future tense.
    — Kyle Wagner, New York Daily News, 3 June 2026
  • This mating dance is more than just an annual ritual for the birds.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
  • They’re built on habits and rituals that support success.
    — Shani Harmon, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026

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