How to Use the Holy Land in a Sentence

the Holy Land

noun
  • Despite his protestations, peace is not in hand in the Holy Land.
    — Ray Takeyh, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The large, long palm branches were common in the Holy Land, Jobe said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The large, long palm branches were common in the Holy Land, Jobe said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
  • That year, all through Jerusalem, all through the Holy Land, there was rioting.
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
  • The site was home to the first monastic community in the Holy Land.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2024
  • Holy Land The first female pastor was ordained in the Holy Land.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Feb. 2023
  • His is one of the few detailed records about pilgrim sites of the Holy Land in late antiquity.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Other Jews may think twice before migrating to the Holy Land.
    — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 11 May 2024
  • That’s far less likely in the Holy Land, where three religions claim the territory as sacred.
    — Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025
  • At the time, the diplomatic breakthrough seemed a landmark moment after years of strife and bloodshed in the Holy Land.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Francis also went to Turkey and the Holy Land early in his papacy.
    — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
  • East Palestine was christened by nineteenth-century settlers who wished to evoke the Holy Land.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2024
  • And though of course the Holy Land is now much more developed than ever, in some ways things haven’t changed since the 1930s.
    — Randy Rosenthal, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Catholics in Michigan have raised more than $1 million to help with relief efforts in Gaza and the Holy Land.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 6 Dec. 2025
  • The calls were only one manifestation of Francis’ concern for people in the Holy Land on both sides.
    — Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Easter and Passover will bring many thousands of tourists and pilgrims to Israel, as travel to the Holy Land starts to recover.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Church went to the Holy Land in search of sublimity; Twain fastened on the absurdities of those determined to find it.
    — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Christian pilgrims began coming to Jerusalem and the Holy Land within centuries of Jesus’ death.
    — Diane Owens Prettyman, Austin American-Statesman, 1 July 2024
  • For them, God’s plan in history, revealed to humanity in the Bible, was now unfolding in the Holy Land.
    — Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Made from a variety of materials, from olive tree wood from the Holy Land to plastic beads, the prayer chain serves as a tool for devotion and meditation.
    — Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • This war that is occurring in the Holy Land, now, can put us back eight generations – eight generations of people hating, killing and enacting vengeance.
    — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 21 May 2024
  • The cultivation of grapes for wine production dates to ancient times and continues to be a vital industry in the Holy Land and San Diego.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Both churches are following the example set by other churches across the Holy Land and are limiting Christmas festivities this year.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Approximately 11% of the city's population is Christian, the highest in the Holy Land.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 27 June 2024
  • For Christians in medieval and early modern Europe, traveling overland and by sea to reach the Holy Land took time and means, and the journey involved many perils.
    — Sarah Kozlowski, Dallas Morning News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Here and in works throughout the show, symbols and inscriptions refer both to gift giver and gift recipient, bridging the distance between Europe and the Holy Land.
    — Sarah Kozlowski, Dallas Morning News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Pilgrims to the Holy Land today are often surprised to see one remarkable edifice after another for which Herod was responsible.
    — N.t. Wright, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The campaign is supported by Athletes for Israel, a nonprofit organization that brings legendary sports figures to the Holy Land.
    — Eve Glover, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Ndayishimiye's support for Israel is connected to his family and faith's interpretation of biblical teachings about the Holy Land.
    — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 26 May 2024
  • That the conflict is taking place in what’s known as the Holy Land, a region fraught with overlapping significance for multiple religions, complicates the situation.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024

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