1
as in to consecrate
to make holy through prayers or ritual
the priest blessed the water, thus allowing it to be used as holy water for various rites
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2
as in to celebrate
to proclaim the glory of
bless the name of God
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3
as in to gift
to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute
blessed with a knack for glib conversation
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Recent Examples of bless
Syd, bless her, as well as Ayo Edebiri, is the cautious realist in that partnership.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
But while most of the apartment has been blessed by the magic of Angela’s personal touch, two rooms remain in limbo.
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Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
26 June 2026
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
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Ben Carson,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
The state’s judiciary will bless the sinful.
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Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
But while most of the apartment has been blessed by the magic of Angela’s personal touch, two rooms remain in limbo.
—
Marya E. Gates,
IndieWire,
26 June 2026
May God continue to bless the United States of America.
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Ben Carson,
Baltimore Sun,
26 June 2026
The state’s judiciary will bless the sinful.
—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for bless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bless
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Generations of cinephiles promoted a version of Agee’s catechism, consecrating Griffith as film’s supreme technical and aesthetic innovator, an almost Promethean figure.
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By visiting the Basilica and blessing the new tower, the pope follows in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI who in 2010 consecrated the Sagrada Familia.
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On Tuesday, more than a million fans took to the streets to celebrate Mexico’s advancement to the World Cup’s round of 16, a feat the national team hadn’t achieved since 1986, and with each victory, the human tide grows.
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As America begins to celebrate its 250th birthday on Saturday, there are nearly 800,000 customers without power as outages are reported across multiple states.
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One of our favorite gifting hubs, Anthropologie also stocks a surprisingly robust assortment of outdoor furniture and decor.
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For those determined to wrap an actual object, gifting experts say the trick is to avoid anything that merely announces its own price tag.
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As America celebrates its 250th birthday, the National World War I Museum and Memorial is celebrating a milestone of its own — 100 years since President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the signature limestone tower memorial in the heart of Kansas City.
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Then dedicate time to defining your internal stakeholders and regularly engaging with them on the work taking place.
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Leaders from India’s ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have publicly praised bhajan clubbing gatherings.
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Magazine, praising Swift's ability to handle intense public scrutiny.
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But the bureaucracy in question was overwhelmingly the customs service, which Britain had expanded and endowed with new enforcement powers during the decade-long run-up to the Revolution.
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Libraries were endowed by industrial fortunes and the robber barons.
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The cruelest dimension of this is that a Christianity hijacked by the evangelical right now seeks to sanctify that mythology in the name of God.
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But far from celebrating or sanctifying the throwing off of English rule, the story’s shocking ending portrays the patriots as a fiendish mob, and casts doubt on the bedrock American faith in prosperity.
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Yet, these grounds were hallowed to the African American community.
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In a new political environment in which none of the new leaders could claim to be revolutionary founding fathers, Deng’s blessing hallowed Jiang and Hu and helped ensure that each survived the vicissitudes of succession politics.
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“Bless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bless. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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