How to Use crucifix in a Sentence

crucifix

noun
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  • He wears a crucifix on a chain around his neck.
  • Our guides chanted and made the sign of the crucifix on our backs.
    — Melissa Twigg, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The students then filed out to class through a door with a crucifix over it.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The casket was draped in black cloth and bore a small crucifix.
    — Babar Dogar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
  • There is an enormous gouge in the side of the church in the shape of a crucifix, no doubt the work of the Islamic State.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
  • The glare of a neon crucifix, perched on a hill above the school, flooded the football field with light.
    — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
  • The chain around his neck is white gold, as is the 2-inch crucifix hanging from it.
    — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The crucifix scene is one of the most unsettling parts.
    — Caroline Madden, Vulture, 8 July 2024
  • Many Catholics keep a crucifix in their bedroom to guard them at night.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 22 Feb. 2023
  • These words are to the Biden-Harris campaign like taking a crucifix to the soul of the possessed.
    — Itxu Díaz, National Review, 3 Sep. 2020
  • The soldiers strolled through the ornate sanctuary, snapped photos of the icons and asked about the meaning of the cross and the crucifix.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Yimel Alvarado lies sick in the gloom of her tiny bedroom, a crucifix on the wall above her head.
    — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
  • And Friedrich had planted the crucifix in the distance, all the way on top of a mountain, like a toothpick in a muffin.
    — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 28 June 2024
  • At the very end of that episode, Kristen walks into her bathroom, pulls out a rosary, and the crucifix burns her hand.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 June 2021
  • Zerai, a heavyset man in a white soutane, a crucifix hanging from his neck, laughs at this new twist of fate.
    — Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The Pope hit out at the 'abuse' of the crucifix by people who wear them as fashion accessories.
    — Fox News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • On one of your crucifixes, the head of Christ is a hamburger.
    — John Richardson, Town & Country, 13 Oct. 2015
  • Lucy sat silently, chin cupped in hands, drinking in the crucifix, the candles, the flowers.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 23 Feb. 2018
  • The site described how parts of the plane had been used to create a crucifix memorial for the pilots.
    — al, 4 Sep. 2023
  • His goal was to find the crash site and have the crucifix placed there as a memorial to his uncle and the others who perished.
    — J. Harry Jones, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 May 2018
  • Also, Kristen just killed a man, and now a crucifix burns her skin.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The lie detector consists of the blind monk from the crucifix room at the Vatican and a cup of seltzer water.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Shadows of the band swayed in the strobe lights while Murphy’s spindly arms were outstretched in the starched position of a crucifix.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
  • In the church’s nave, nuns were buried in wooden coffins filled with crucifixes, medals and small bone crosses.
    — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The letter is in a folder on the mantel, near a crucifix that once belonged to a Catholic bishop.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2017
  • The 10-minute clip opens with Altman standing solemnly in front of a crucifix.
    — Jean Hopfensperger, Star Tribune, 14 Sep. 2020
  • Eventually, the captain lashed himself to the wheel with a crucifix in hand to try to bring the ship into port.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Serna in fact did not have a weapon in his pocket, but a dark-colored crucifix.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
  • And hanging on a nail over the sink was a clay crucifix that her grandmother had given her.
    — Andrea Gallo and Bryn Stole | Staff Writers, NOLA.com, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The church contains a crucifix which was carried around Rome during a procession to invoke the end of the great plague in 1522, the Holy See said.
    — NBC News, 17 Mar. 2020

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