How to Use the Annunciation in a Sentence

the Annunciation

noun
  • Which brings us back to the Annunciation shooter.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Think of doves in paintings of the Annunciation or dead pheasants in Dutch still-life paintings.
    — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • The Church of the Annunciation on Saturday held its first Mass since the shooting.
    — John Bacon, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The high school expressed support for the Annunciation community in a post on social media.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • What happened in the Annunciation Catholic Church and School shooting?
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Hearing the news that Westman was suspected as the Annunciation shooter was a shock, Wille said.
    — Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The suspect’s father told police that his child had previously attended the Annunciation church and school.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Mass was a celebration of the beginning of the school year at the Annunciation Catholic School.
    — John Bacon, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Westman shot dozens of rounds through the side windows of the Annunciation Catholic School's church, aiming at children who were attending Mass.
    — Christian Orozco, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Left, Robin Westman, the 23-year-old suspect in a mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church school.
    — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Trump ordered the flags lowered following the Annunciation Church shooting in August.
    — James Powel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • As churches hold religious services this weekend, celebrants across the country are wrestling with how to help their congregations cope with and make sense of the tragedy at the Annunciation Church.
    — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The two students killed in the Annunciation Catholic School mass shooting were an 8-year-old boy who loved to fish and cook and a 10-year-old girl known for her laughter and kindness.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The money raised on Saturday is to help create a permanent memorial for them and the Annunciation community.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • The condition of the last victim of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting to remain hospitalized has improved after two weeks.
    — Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Republicans had proposed new school safety and mental health service funding rather than new gun restrictions following the Annunciation shooting.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 17 May 2026
  • In August, two children were killed during Mass at the Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • More were scheduled for Sunday, and all the Masses were being held in an auditorium at the Annunciation Catholic School next to the church.
    — John Bacon, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The bill, which would ban semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines, has strong support from families impacted by the Annunciation school shooting.
    — Beret Leone, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Federal authorities have said the Annunciation assailant was transgender, though little is known beyond a 2020 name change.
    — Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025
  • At least two children are dead and 17 people are injured after a shooter opened fire at the Annunciation Catholic School's church, where Mass was being celebrated.
    — Marc Santia, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Westman attended the Annunciation Catholic School and graduated from eighth grade in 2017.
    — Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Authorities said the suspect had approached the outside of the Annunciation Catholic Church, which also houses a school, and fired inside — killing two children and injuring more than a dozen others.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On Saturday, a Children’s Minnesota spokesperson said the hospital is no longer caring for any victims from the Annunciation shooting.
    — Feven Gerezgiher, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The arrest came the day after a gunman killed two children and wounded more than a dozen others during Mass at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The attacker left behind a lengthy suicide note, journal entries and scribbling on the weapons used in the ambush at the Church of the Annunciation, which is affiliated with an adjacent Catholic school.
    — Ernesto Londoño, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Courtesy Moysk family Both families shared messages of grief for the Annunciation community and gratefulness for first responders and staff.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In a nod to Mullally’s historic appointment, the service is taking place on the Feast of the Annunciation, which marks the moment Mary was told she had been chosen to be the mother of Jesus.
    — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Just a month earlier, two people died and 21 were injured during a Mass for students at the Catholic Church of the Annunciation in Minneapolis.
    — James Densley, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Legislature will also likely discuss gun control and school safety measures in the wake of the Annunciation shooting last August that killed two students and injured 28 others.
    — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026

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