How to Use communion in a Sentence

communion

noun
  • She went to the front of the church for Communion.
  • Indeed, the old abbey has long served as a place of communion.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
  • Less clear was what their communions would look like in the future.
    — John Defore, Billboard, 30 May 2017
  • In that case, those exposed should not eat or drink as part of communion.
    — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2020
  • Sharing communion is, even more than in the old days, a leap of faith.
    — Editorial Board Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
  • There were no first communions or baptisms.
    — Rachel Linden, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Most Catholic kids get their first communion in the second grade.
    — Sara Eckel, Longreads, 1 June 2018
  • The priest led Mass unmasked, but donned one to give communion.
    — Nora Mishanec, SFChronicle.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • As a result, this training seemed like some kind of communion.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • The church has for about 15 years had the grapes bottled for communion wine.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021
  • As for the glass, the affinity is with communion wine.
    — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Much of this communion involves setting stuff on fire.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Much of this communion involves setting stuff on fire.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • There was a photo of one of the young girls who’d attended her first communion.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2022
  • The rail where Nuzzo knelt for her first communion as a fourth-grader was gone.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • An urban legend about a girl in a communion dress brought to the big screen in this revenge thriller.
    — Emilio Mayorga, Variety, 11 Feb. 2022
  • But with the passage of time and the communion of close friends, pleasure can and will return.
    — Rachel Zarrow, Bon Appétit, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The head of a Catholic school learns that a student had been drinking communion wine.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Then Eleanor swallows a communion wafer and starts bleeding all over a church.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Push further and the communion looks thinner still.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The Aztec’s communion was a stew of human flesh and squash blossoms.
    — Sam Kriss, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The Aztec’s communion was a stew of human flesh and squash blossoms.
    — Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The loaf of communion bread, broken into pieces and served on trays, was enough to suffice.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 7 May 2023
  • Acutis received his first communion at 7.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The glossy leaves catch the light, and suddenly, the wearer is in communion with the world around them.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • As the day progressed, people searched for communion with their saints and their bartenders.
    — Alfred Lubrano, Philly.com, 4 Feb. 2018
  • Macron, in line with France's strict division of state and church, did not take communion.
    — Thomas Adamson and Sylvie Corbet The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The crowd was such a surprise that there were not enough communion cups to serve grape juice to all those in attendance.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 7 May 2023
  • Phatic communion was alive in the place of its discovery.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The grand reverie of trans-faith communion was no more, and religion now seemed to bring the sword more than peace.
    — Matthew Sitman, The New Republic, 15 Apr. 2021

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