How to use benedict in a sentence
18 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb
Benedict means a newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor. Example: “Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune.”
Examples of benedict by meaning
nounA newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
- A quarter of a mile inland we came upon the holluschickie -- sleek young bulls, living out the loneliness of their bachelorhood and gathering strength against the day when they would fight their way into the ranks of the benedicts1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC
verbTo bless.
- Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune.1979, Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī, A handbook for Kṛṣṇa consciousness, page 168
- As a result of this act he was benedicted with more honours by the Mughal court.1983, Kalyan Kumar Ganguli, Cultural History of Rajasthan, page 54
- At the beginning of the nineties, especially during the Peterle government, it seemed as if ecclesiastic figues would start appearing and benedicting public events.1999, Facta Universitatis: Series philosophy and sociology
verbTo poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
- Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted.1965, The Reader's Digest - Volume 86, page 246
- I can scramble them, poach them, Benedict them, and make them into omelets.2003, Beth Goldner, Wake: Stories, page 107
More sentences with benedict
- Benedict Donald’s desperation to get attention off the TrumpStein Files is showing daily.2025 August 19, Dawna Stromsoe, “The Jim Acosta Show with Joyce Vance James Glancy and Elise Labott”, in Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance…. From the entry Trumpstein files
- Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents.2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times. From the entry camerlengo
- Benedict was once a scholar and now claims to be infallible in matters of faith or morals.2010 September 16, Garry Wills, “Stealing Newman”, in The New York Review. From the entry disguiser
- Benedict stressed demographics as he repeated, in a strong multifront attack, the Vatican’s long-held opposition to abortion.2007 September 8, Ian Fisher, “Pope Vigorously Defends Catholicism in Austria and Raises Concerns on Europe’s Future”, in New York Times. From the entry multifront
- Benedict used a tungstomolybdic acid solution for precipitating the proteins, but the Folin-Wu filtrate can be used.1962, Harold Varley, Practical Clinical Biochemistry, page 37. From the entry tungstomolybdic acid
- At Chow, you can order one egg benedict and one pancake, accompanied by one cup of coffee and one wine mojito.2010 spring, Feast: The Guardian Guide to Bay Area Food and Drink, page 9. From the entry egg benedict
- I ordered eggs benedict - I got ONE egg benedict!1999 July 27, SPotter614, “FWIW: My 1st and last Carnival cruise”, in rec.travel.cruises (Usenet). From the entry egg benedict
- Since our last bunch of squiblets Roy Jenkins, night foreman of the Free Press, has joined the ranks of the benedicts.1914, The Typographical Journal, volume 45, Indianapolis, Ind.: International Typographical Union, page 254, column 2. From the entry squiblet
- Benedict Cumberbatch's mailed-in performance as the disinterested wyrm is a bit disappointing and far from the fearsome foe found in the original book.2022 August 15, Izsak Barnette, “The Middle Earth Masterpieces: Ranking the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Films”, in Tilt Magazine. From the entry mailed-in
- Benedict made upon him the sign of the cross, and blessed him and raised him to life, and sent him to the work again.1910, Edward Hutton, Siena and southern Tuscany. From the entry tobruise
- Benedict Cumberbatch has revealed that some of his Star Trek Into Darkness costumes are so tight that, in his words, “you can almost see what religion I am.”2013 March 8, Tom Cole, “Benedict Cumberbatch's Star Trek costumes are so tight 'you can almost see what religion I am'”, in Radio Times. From the entry Cumberbabe
- Too often, the business of dividing the bill winds up with raised voices (“But you had a glass of wine and Thelma had two eggs benedict . . .”).1977 June 8, Michael Pearman, “A Restaurant Has Its Troubles, Too”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company…. From the entry eggs benedict
Meaning of benedict
- noun A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
- adjective Having mild and salubrious qualities.
- verb To bless.
Questions about benedict in a sentence
- How do you use benedict in a sentence?
- Benedict is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “Rukmini, the goddess of fortune, was already personally obliged to stay as a guest in the brahmana's house in order to benedict him with great fortune.”
- What is a short sentence with benedict?
- “Eggs were shirred, mornayed or benedicted.”
- What does benedict mean?
- Benedict means a newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
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