How to Use sweat lodge in a Sentence

sweat lodge

noun
  • Somebody please let them out of the sweat lodge.
    — Jay Martel, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Sometimes Rivers builds a sweat lodge, or brings drums, or learns a song.
    — Serena Lin, AZCentral.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • At night, unwind in a sweat lodge or the outdoor hot tub before heading in for dinner.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2018
  • As the season starts, Ax is in a sweat lodge and Chuck is at his father’s wedding.
    — Mike Hughes, Cincinnati.com, 3 May 2020
  • One even invited them to share a meal in a ceremonial sweat lodge.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2022
  • The participants head to a sweat lodge where bonds are broken and forged — and someone finds God.
    — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • There was some talk in the Tuba City community about killing the virus through sweat lodges.
    — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The rest of the sweat lodge survivors, and there are no casualties, follow Tara into the ocean.
    — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2021
  • Plans are also in the works to build a traditional village, which will include a sweat lodge, Nason said.
    — Sunset Magazine, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Antara is in the midst of expanding accordingly, adding more space and a courtyard downstairs and building a sweat lodge.
    — Jenni Avins, Quartz, 28 Nov. 2019
  • The shore was lined with laurel trees and sweat lodges built by the Coast Miwok, who had settled in a valley along the northwest waterfront.
    — Joe Kloc, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
  • Temazcal ceremonies take place in large, round sweat lodge-style structures of the same name, and use elements like heat and steam to detoxify and cleanse the body and spirit.
    — Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Once inside the sweat lodge, Raul encourages Victoria and Johnny to share their fears with each other.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Expect cooking classes, a private Temazcal (sweat lodge) ceremony, dinner for you and your sweetheart at a cenote, and more.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The thing that had the biggest impact, however, was the sweat lodge, exactly like the one that almost killed Noella Bergener.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Others simply viewed this as an opportunity to disconnect from the chaos of New York for a weekend, sit in sweat lodges and get massages.
    — Angie Jaime, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Expect cooking classes, a private Temazcal (sweat lodge) ceremony, dinner for you and your sweetheart at a sacred cenote, and more.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • To start, a maximum of six guests gather at a ceremonial fire pit in the center of the lush jungle where hot stones are heated, which will later be placed in the center of the adobe sweat lodge.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Many indigenous groups on this continent whom settlers swindled, attacked, and displaced have a long history of using sweat lodges both for cleaning the body and in ritual.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Curbed, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The apartments are on both sides of Cedar Avenue, separated by a park; residents have access to a sizable vegetable garden and even a sweat lodge.
    — Krithika Varagur, The New York Review of Books, 31 July 2020
  • Practices involving sweat lodges, ceremonies and music, for example, are all ways of practicing mindfulness.
    — Melina Walling, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Try a traditional Mayan sweat lodge in the temazcal ceremony, an ancient cleansing ritual that helps renew body and spirit.
    — AFAR Media, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Some ingredients get special treatment on the grill, either in improvised saute setups or in fireboxes, used like little sweat lodges above the flames to steam-roast such things as baby carrots.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2019
  • There is also a temezcal, a sweat lodge used by many Mesoamerican peoples, where guests can participate in a purification ritual.
    — John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The Mayan sweat lodge combines medicinal herbs, heat, steam, and copal incense to stimulate detoxification, heal the body, and purify the mind.
    — Celia Ellenberg and Jessica Diner, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Some of the participants in Ray’s sweat lodge ritual needed medical assistance after the ritual went awry.
    — Alicia Kortendick, al, 26 Apr. 2020
  • The 48 villas built between the jungle and the beach are glamorous and so is the spa’s temazcal (sweat lodge) experience, an ancient practice where soul-searchers sit in a heated dome structure.
    — Stephanie Granada, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
  • But indigenous people worldwide have used sweat lodges for health and ceremonial purposes throughout human history.
    — Jennifer Davis-Flynn, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Temazcal is a traditional sweat lodge used for physical and spiritual purification.
    — Emma Hall june 23, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
  • The signature is the Temazcal ceremony, a traditional sweat lodge that isn't spa theater but genuine indigenous practice.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026

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