How to Use ritualize in a Sentence

ritualize

verb
  • The forging of a katana was an intricate and ritualized affair.
    — Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2018
  • Maybe Miller realized that six seasons’ worth of red cloaks, white bonnets, and ritualized torture was more than enough.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 8 Apr. 2026
  • And so redemption, in the land of second chances—for the people who have been deemed worthy of them—has been thoroughly ritualized.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Make one change toward ritualizing safety.
    — Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Safaris are ritualized meanderings, circular quests in which a question leads to an answer, which leads to another question, and so on.
    — Ken Geiger, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • At Royal Ascot and the Kentucky Derby, dressing for the races is as ritualized as the sport itself.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Japanese nuptials tend to be highly ritualized, especially for a royal family member, and the buildup to the wedding is likely to take time.
    — Washington Post, 16 May 2017
  • Though abuses do occur, conduct on these platforms is ritualized for safety and mutual understanding.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 June 2019
  • This ritualizes the surfacing of fear, transforming raw anxiety into a structured signal.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Share and discuss articles, podcasts, and books to ritualize dialogue over passive consumption.
    — Rachel Konrad, Time, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Listlessness was an occupational hazard for monks, with their long, ritualized, repetitive days.
    — JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The violence is coordinated, Cant says, and almost ritualized.
    — Big Think, 8 May 2026
  • Another was into the fierce youth subcultures on the streets which became ritualized in the violent youth-gang culture, reinforcing the neighborhood climate of fear.
    — Don Pinnock, Quartz Africa, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Her ritualized breathing and cries of anguish are almost synchronized with the score, an interplay that’s genuinely unsettling leading up to a dramatic finish.
    — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 28 June 2019
  • In a country where apologies are highly ritualized, even his bow — briefer and shallower than those of most executives seeking the public’s forgiveness — became a target of criticism.
    — Jonathan Soble, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Clark, on the other hand, has dark opinions about coffee and instead ritualizes the slow steep of first-flush Dragon Well green tea or silver-needle white tea, a daily moment of Zen not always easily found among the crystals and crayons.
    — Leilani Marie Labong, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Apr. 2018
  • From familiar orchestral swells to ritualized envelope openings, Hollywood’s annual night at the Dolby is uniquely suited for nocturnal drifting.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Later research discovered that the children had bone markers and ritualized burial treatment suggesting they had been sacrificed, and the site became known as La Cueva de los Muertos Chiquitos, or the Cave of the Dead Children.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • By the time Melania arrives at the Inaugural festivities, the film has given itself over to a series of rituals (the candlelight dinner, the Inaugural itself, the luncheon, the Starlight Ball), which feels weirdly fitting since the filmmaking itself is so ritualized.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026

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