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How to use worship in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Worship means the devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. Example: “Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.”

Examples of worship by meaning

nounThe devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

  • Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.

nounUsed as a title or term of address for various officials, including magistrates.

  • 'Your Worships, I have a submission to put before the court.1999, Val McDermid, A Place of Execution, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 209

nounThe fact of an artist's music heavily drawing influence from some other artist's work in a way that appears too obvious...

  • In that time, McLachlan’s music has developed from adolescent Kate Bush worship to mature roots-driven folk (like the hits “Building a Mystery” and “Sweet Surrender”) and ballads (“Witness,” “I Love You”) that border on hymnody.1998 April 30, Chris Mundy, “Interview: Sarah McLachlan”, in Rolling Stone, New York, N.Y.: Penske Media Corporation, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • During his 15-year recording career, first with Galaxie 500 and now with Luna, Dean Wareham has shown all the signs of incurable Velvet Underground worship.2003 August 18, Michael Little, “Luna at Black Cat: Skipping to Their Lou”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post...
  • A couple songs are pretty close to My Bloody Valentine worship (which suits me fine).2020 October 17, Nathaniel FitzGerald, “The Worst Debuts From Great Bands”, in A Year of Vinyl, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023

verbTo honour with extravagant love and extreme submission, as a lover; to adore; to idolize.

  • All the household worshipped her!1934, Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express, New York: Pocket Books, published 1960, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 236
  • Propaganda officials in Zhejiang have accused him of “worshiping the West.”2025 October 7, Lily Kuo, “China Punishes ‘Excessively Pessimistic’ Social Media Users”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New...

verbTo participate in religious ceremonies.

  • We worship at the church down the road.

verbTo touch, fondle, or kiss in an intensely sensual way.

  • I show him how far we are from being over by worshipping him with my lips.2018, Lauren Connolly, You Only Need One
  • He moves lower to worship my breasts with his mouth, his teeth raking lightly over my nipple with the perfect amount of friction to build the pleasure coiling tight within me.2023, Rebecca Yarros, Iron Flame
  • Telling Kieran exactly how to please me, Kieran listening to every word and taking his time, making sure everything felt amazing, worshipping me with his hands and his mouth.2024, Sarah Chamberlain, The Slowest Burn

More sentences with worship

  • I was eldered for directly responding to someone else's message in meeting for worship.From the entry elder
  • The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.From the entry image
  • There's an afterglow with singing after the evening worship.From the entry afterglow
  • We must not allow our worship to become carnalized.From the entry carnalize
  • Orange Messiah Syndrome is the terminal stage of political idol worship.2025 April 20, Penguin X-01, “CHAPTER SCROLL 2: ORANGE MESSIAH SYNDROME”, in MAGAtards: The False Idol Patriot, PenguinsMerch. From the entry 5D chess
  • The condemnation of the unwritten kind is based on grapholatry, the worship of writing.2024, Dr. Geoff Lindsey, 10:24 from the start, in English actors get this WRONG when they do American accents. From the entry grapholatry
  • This is the reason why one should always keep the holy water at the place of worship.2022 January 26, “Keep these things in the home temple to maintain Goddess Laxmi's blessings”, in Hindustan Times, archived from the…. From the entry Gangajal
  • At puberty he began to worship an occasional schoolgirl from afar, like most middle-class boys.2022, James Brabazon, Albert Schweitzer: A Biography, Second Edition, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry counterdogmatic
  • Until Japan’s defeat in the Second World War, Emperor Hirohito had been worshipped.2022 January 2, John Carey, “Accidental Gods by Anna Della Subin review — Prince Philip, Haile Selassie and Hitler”, in The Times, London…. From the entry solar goddess
  • Nevertheless, Pele was not forgotten, nor was worship of Pele discontinued.2021, David Seal, Sharon K. Smith, World Mythology, Wipf and Stock, page 190. From the entry Pele
  • “Talking about CP time is as natural to Black folk as worshipping Angela Bassett.”2021, Zakiya Dalila Harris, The Other Black Girl, Bloomsbury, page 202. From the entry CP Time
  • Did Mary and four apostles make a full house of worship?2020, Phuc Tran, Sigh, Gone: A Misfit’s Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In, Flatiron Books, →ISBN. From the entry Jesi
  • College put him on to jazz, and he worshipped at the altar of Coltrane and Davis.2020 January 8, Jenny Stevens, “Doors drummer John Densmore: 'It took me years to forgive Jim Morrison'”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The…. From the entry put someone on to
  • Protestant chromoclasm, whether Lutheran or Calvinist, involved the church and the worship service first of all.2019, Michel Pastoureau, tr. Jody Gladding, Yellow: The History of a Color, page 140. From the entry chromoclasm
  • Rokkatru is a practice of heathenry that deals with worshiping the Jotunar, or the Giants.2019, Theorodic Dukka, A Heathen's Guide Experiences & Advice On Magic & Spiritworking, pages 7–8. From the entry Rokkatru
  • As with compulsory Sunday worship, death for blasphemy was for the third offence.2017, Barry R. Harker, It’s Sunday in America, →ISBN. From the entry bodkin
  • All of these nations, and many others, teach the religion of Shoaism (holocaust worship).2015 The New Ensign No. 71 July 2015 (also published 2016 in Britain Is Committing Racial Suicide as a Radical, Marxist Muslim Has Been…. From the entry Shoaism
  • When leading worship, Elsie usually wore a long black cassock and preaching bands.2014, Alan Argent, Elsie Chamberlain: The Independent Life of a Woman Minister, Routledge, →ISBN, page 203. From the entry cassock
  • What do I do if someone faints during the worship service?2014, Annette Schroeder, Welcome to Our Church. From the entry greeter
  • His own insecurities drive him to double-mindedly worship his wife, while at the same time, loathing her.2013, Angela Powers Flippen, Diary of an Unlikely Warrior: A Practical Guide for Spiritual Warfare, →ISBN, page 6. From the entry double-mindedly
  • They’ve never proved he’s done anything wrong, and the court folk either worship him or fear him.2013, Doranna Durgin, Barrenlands: A Changespell Saga Prologue, Tijeras, N.M.: Blue Hound Visions, →ISBN. From the entry witchie
  • A popular form of Kali worshiped in Calcutta is Adya Shakti Kali, or Kali as primordial power.2011, June McDaniel, “2: Kali: Goddess of Life, Death, and Transcendence”, in Patricia Monaghan, editor, Goddesses in World Culture…. From the entry kali
  • I told him I planned to raise freedom of worship in our conversations.2010, George W. Bush, Decision Points, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 428. From the entry word
  • He put her on a pedestal, showered her with gifts, and worshiped the ground she walked on.2010, Jennifer Harper, Still A Friend of Mine, →ISBN. From the entry put on a pedestal
  • The Germans created western new-age religion and nature worship in the 19th century.2010 January 6, Eric Gisin, “An Inconvenient Democracy: A Guest Post by Nico Stehr and Hans von Storch”, in alt.politics.libertarian…. From the entry Wackipedia
  • Makes me wonder what that says about the otaku who worship her.2009 December 31, Dave Watson, “Re: K-ON! 2nd season announced”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet). From the entry waifu
  • Shoelessness during worship has been until recently the practice of several Eastern Jewish communities.2008, Edna Nahshon, Jews and Shoes. From the entry shoelessness
  • Not the nation state; not religious worship; not the deepest grief of a people marked by hatred.2007 06, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism, →ISBN. From the entry hereness
  • They are enshrined and worshiped on the table as ‘holy scripture’ for KTV devotees.2006, Tsen Wang, "DEMO Exegesis: Virtual Songs", in Kevin K. W. Wong et al., Proceedings of Third Australasian Conference of Interactice…. From the entry KTV

Meaning of worship

  1. noun The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.
  2. noun The adoration (or latria) owed to God alone, as greater than the hyperdulia that is given to Saint Mary only and the veneration (or dulia) accorded to all other Roman Catholic saints.
  3. noun The religious ceremonies that express this devotion.

Full definition of worship

Questions about worship in a sentence

How do you use worship in a sentence?
Worship is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Polytheistic theology and worship had to go underground.”
What is a short sentence with worship?
“All the household worshipped her!”
What does worship mean?
Worship means the devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object.

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