How to Use baptize in a Sentence
baptize
verb
- The priest baptized the baby.
- She was baptized at the age of 20.
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He was baptized and confirmed by Stephan at St. Gertrude’s.
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Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
24 July 2024
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Robbins married in the local Africatown church and later baptized her children there.
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CBS News,
12 Aug. 2024
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They were baptized again, this time in the Catholic Church.
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Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
20 June 2019
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Born in 1892, Tolkien was baptized in the Church of England.
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Bradley J. Birzer,
National Review,
24 Dec. 2023
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She was not raised in the faith but sought it out and was baptized, her dad said.
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OregonLive.com,
21 Apr. 2018
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In Blame the Man, two men baptize him in what looks like a river.
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José Sánchez Córdova,
Dallas News,
18 Aug. 2023
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Eisleben Eisleben played a huge role in Luther’s life—he was born here, baptized here and died here.
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Jennifer Billock,
Smithsonian,
26 June 2017
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She’d been baptized a Catholic, and her church taught that she would be banished to hell.
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Susan McKay,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2019
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The two were married in 1985, five years after their first date, in the church in which he was baptized.
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Zach Montague,
New York Times,
29 May 2024
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The results spoke for themselves as the Vikings got baptized by the Packers in prime time.
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Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
2 Jan. 2024
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At one time, the monastery held the cross that some believe John the Baptist used to baptize Jesus.
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Jennifer Billock,
Smithsonian,
7 June 2017
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Cox had been raised and baptized in a Disciples of Christ church.
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Laura Vozzella,
Washington Post,
10 Feb. 2018
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He was baptized as a member of the United Church of Christ and grew up active in that faith.
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The Salt Lake Tribune,
11 July 2023
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The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
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al,
28 July 2021
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The live chicks, meanwhile, tripled in size and were baptized by Father Sean, the priest who comes by on Thursdays.
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Anne Kadet,
WSJ,
4 Dec. 2018
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Triple the milk — in honor of God, his son and the holy spirit — and baptize the cake after it’s baked, and tres leches is born.
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Washington Post,
28 Sep. 2020
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Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
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Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian,
oregonlive,
31 Aug. 2023
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In the finale, Sheldon decides he’ll get baptized for his mom’s peace of mind.
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Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2024
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Wearing a white dress, her blond hair braided atop her head wrapped in a gold-leaf tiara, she was baptized in the Aegean Sea.
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Ronda Kaysen,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2023
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Kirsten Gillibrand is one of so many who was baptized Catholic but doesn’t practice in her adult life.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez,
National Review,
2 Sep. 2019
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Bey and Jay may have baptized themselves in the waters of her forgiveness, but fans may not be ready to leave the shore.
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Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
18 June 2018
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She was baptized and confirmed into the Church of England.
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Karla Adam,
Washington Post,
18 May 2018
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On March 30, she was baptized, and late that night, Stephanie and Jordan returned to their apartment to get some sleep.
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USA TODAY,
2 May 2018
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There are plenty of us heathens who were baptized at birth.
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Haben Kelati,
Washington Post,
1 Nov. 2023
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Many of those who got baptized had been going to Churchome for only a few months.
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Jennifer Swann,
Marie Claire,
6 Nov. 2019
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Some rangers are baptized in camp, but the group does not exclude non-believers.
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Jason Motlagh,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2023
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Their family priest would have been able to baptize her.
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Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
6 Dec. 2022
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The archbishop also baptized Meghan in March ahead of the wedding.
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refinery29.com,
12 May 2018
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