How to Use the Crucifixion in a Sentence

the Crucifixion

noun
  • Conveying the Crucifixion and subsequent anguish using only voice provided an opportunity for Pelphrey to hone a new set of skills.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There are also theories that Easter lilies grew where Jesus' tears and blood fell from the cross, and lilies were supposedly found in the Garden of Gethsemane after the Crucifixion.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Season 5 followed Holy Week and the Last Supper, and season 6 will cover the Crucifixion and the final 24 hours of Jesus’ life before he is nailed to the cross.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Season 5 followed Holy Week and the Last Supper, and season 6 will cover the Crucifixion and the final 24 hours of Jesus’ life before he is nailed to the cross.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Season 5 followed Holy Week and the Last Supper, and season 6 will cover the Crucifixion and the final 24 hours of Jesus’ life before he is nailed to the cross.
    — Brayden Garcia may 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
  • The conservative talk-show host Tucker Carlson, who counted Kirk as a spiritual adviser, struck a prophetic note, comparing Kirk’s death to the Crucifixion.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • While Act One is the birth narrative, dotted with roof-raising numbers, Act Two connects that story to the present day and addresses the meaning of the Crucifixion, wrote arts editor Jim Higgins.
    — Hannah Kirby, jsonline.com, 10 Dec. 2025

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