How to Use the Nativity in a Sentence

the Nativity

noun
  • Above them loomed the Nativity façade, the only one that Gaudí had come close to finishing.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • For now, visitors enter the church through a makeshift side entrance in the Nativity façade.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The sun rises over the Church of the Nativity on Wednesda.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • On its website, the parish even posted a picture promoting the sign at the Nativity scene.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • One of those, the Nativity Façade tower, has a separate entrance from the main entry.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2017
  • The parish has a history of political activism in the form of demonstrations and signs, like one at the Nativity scene.
    — Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Right now, a synagogue in Iran has been destroyed; the Church of the Nativity has been bombed, along with many ancient sites across Lebanon.
    — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 7 May 2026
  • Palestinian scouts march ahead of the Pizzaballa's arrival near the Church of the Nativity.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • More than 120 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in the city, and among the casualties was a warehouse where the Nativity figures were stored.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The only portion that was completed during Gaudí's lifetime was the Nativity façade, which faces east to symbolize the rising sun and the birth of Christ.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The most important stories of Jesus’ life, the Nativity and Passion, are etched into the basilica’s east and west facades.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
  • Opt For the Nativity Façade Because the building is still under construction, a number of areas don’t connect to other parts of the site.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2017
  • The program features a new spin on traditional lessons and carols and the Nativity story told through various American composers.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The light show synchronized to popular Christmas music presents a short history of the Nativity and why Christmas is celebrated.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The light show synchronized to popular Christmas music presents a short history of the Nativity and why Christmas is celebrated.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The basilica features three main facades -- the Nativity, the Passion and the Glory -- each depicting a different chapter of Christ's life.
    — ABC News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • But Father Steve Josoma, pastor of the parish, has so far refused to remove the Nativity, arguing at a recent news conference that the commentary is in keeping with the Bible.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • The leader of an international pro-life organization lauded the Nativity scene set up by the Vatican that highlighted the more than 25,000 babies who were not aborted this year thanks to the group's outreach initiatives.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • At Christmastime, the academy adapted a classical Ukrainian tradition of presenting the Nativity story with puppets to tell a tale of Cossack warriors defending children and families – one with a newborn baby – against Russian invaders.
    — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Ordained to the Catholic priesthood in June, Jimenez was watching as parishioners acted out the Nativity scene during a posada, a Latin American tradition that reenacts Mary and Joseph’s journey to Bethlehem in search of shelter.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, at a Christmas event at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Wednesday.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC news, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Morning mass was held at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem on Thursday, a day after crowds of Palestinians and foreign tourists flocked onto Manger Square to attend celebrations for the first time since they were halted in solidarity with Palestinians suffering a two-year deadly war in Gaza.
    — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025
  • In Illinois, less than 30 miles from the controversial ICE Broadview Detention Center, the Nativity outside the Lake Street Church of Evanston depicts the baby Jesus in zip-ties and wrapped in a foil blanket.
    — Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
  • He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Island in 1994 and served as vicar general and pastor of the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary before his 2021 appointment to Colorado Springs, according to the archdiocese.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The Duomo of Milan, Milan Cathedral, Metropolitan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, Italy, on June 19, 2025.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Feb. 2026

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