English example sentences with "holy"

Learn how to use holy in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

Holy crap, who's the asshole who dares call me in the middle of the night?!

Holy cow!

This is holy ground.

The Holy Roman Empire came to an end in the year 1806.

The holy man tiptoed his way across the Ganges.

The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.

She always carries the Holy Bible about.

As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth."

And when the first Muslim-American was recently elected to Congress, he took the oath to defend our Constitution using the same Holy Koran that one of our Founding Fathers – Thomas Jefferson – kept in his personal library.

Gladly pass the souls of the righteous to the golden seat of Ahura Mazda, to the golden seat of the Amesha-Spentas, to the Garô-nmânem, the abode of Ahura Mazda, the abode of the Amesha-Spentas, the abode of all the other holy beings.

The holy book of Muslims is the Qur'an.

So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God. And yet they are not Three Gods, but One God.

The Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist in 1806.

This violates about a million penal codes and every holy book there is.

Christopher Columbus once found the Holy Grail but threw it out because he didn't like the color.

The bandits stole the Holy Grail.

Holy bag of straw!

She is a kind and holy woman.

Nothing is holy.

While laughing is allowed, it is most dishonest to laugh out loud or to extend one's laughter beyond the limits of a just moderation; the Holy Ghost teaches us that it is the character of a madman to raise one's voice while laughing.

All of a sudden, The Holy Spirit began to speak to me the things revealed in this testimony.

The Holy Inquisition started with Pope Lucius III.

In the Middle Ages, anyone who objected to the Holy Scriptures was put to death.

Holy shit!

He was the last Arch Seneschal of the Holy Roman Empire.

But when, according to the Christian Trinitarian scheme, one part of God is represented by a dying man, and another part, called the Holy Ghost, by a flying pigeon, it is impossible that belief can attach itself to such wild conceits.

I can not understand how everyone said the Holy War occured for a good cause.

Holy fucking shit! My old ex is a thief!

Some holy men affected sackcloth and ashes.

Holy smokes.

Coffee is the holy drink of university students.

Holy guacamole!

Humility is one of the seven holy virtues.

The researchers believe they may have found the Holy Grail of cancer research.

According to legend, the French composer Alkan was killed by a collapsing bookcase when he tried to reach for the Talmud, a holy Jewish book, in the study in his house.

Jerusalem is the Holy City of the Jews.

This Spanish fortress was converted into a beautiful holy shrine.

What he says is holy truth.

Have you read the Holy Bible?

In a few moments you'll become either a holy martyr or a dead witch.

So, my enemy, I won't let you attempt on the holy of holies of my heart, you will pay for it, I promise.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

Pray to the Holy Virgin.

We call scriptures the sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Doesn't that name seem ironic to you: "Holy Army"?

Do you believe in the one holy, catholic, and apostolic Church?

The Ganges is considered holy by the Hindus.

Holy Moses!

Today is a holy day for us.

O Our Father in Heaven, Holy be your name, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we also have forgiven our sinners. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Thus spoke the Lord: "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth". That's a holy commandment that I cannot reject, since God works in mysterious ways. That's why I must try to procreate kids with any woman as often as possible. I wouldn't dare to disobey the Lord's will.

The "holy" book must be called by its real name: accursed book. The words "god", "saviour" and "saint" are insults and denote a criminal.

To preach chastity is to provoke acts against nature. Those who condemn sexuality and sully it by calling it 'impure', are guilty of a sin most grave against the holy spirit of life.

Holy macaroni!

Holy mackerel! Is that a shark?

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Nobody knows the original language of their holy writings.

Without knowing the original language of the holy writings, how can you rely on your interpretations about them?

The holy writings come from desert people.

There were puns in the holy writings, and they got lost in translation.

Can you prove which was the original language of your holy writings?

Knowing which was the original language of your holy writings is important.

Holy heavens!

Holy crap, you're pissed off!

Is this animal holy?

Holy Week is the week just before Easter.

Feeding someone during the holy month of Ramadan is very rewarding.

My book became the Holy writ for all those engineers.

Holy Mary!

Children are holy and pure. Even those of bandits and crocodiles belong among the angels....

I always go to Holy Mass on Sunday morning.

Anyone who believes that what is written in a holy book is true even if the evidence is against it is dangerous. Christianity used to be the most dangerous religion. Now Islam is.

The Nazis were as socialist as the Holy Roman Empire was Roman.

All things are implicated with one another, and the bond is holy; and there is hardly anything unconnected with any other things. For things have been co-ordinated, and they combine to make up the same universe. For there is one universe made up of all things, and one god who pervades all things, and one substance, and one law, and one reason.

He was incarnate of the Holy Spirit from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

Some critics have called the restoration of the Chartres cathedral a "scandalous desecration of a cultural holy place."

The crucifixion is an important part of the Holy Bible.

Sami went to Saudi Arabia to accomplish the holy Muslim pilgrimage.

Our Father in the heavens, your name shall be holy. Thy kingdom come. May your will be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Please give us our daily bread today as well. Please forgive us our sins. We also forgive men. Please do not tempt us, Please save us from evil. The country, power and glory are yours forever. [Amen]

Sami embodied that unholy mix of holy water and drugs.

Tom scared the holy bejesus out of me.

Holy Tom!

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Holy hell!

So to his shade, with funeral rites, we rear / a mound, and altars to the dead prepare, / wreathed with dark cypress. Round them, as of yore, / pace Troy's sad matrons, with their streaming hair. / Warm milk from bowls, and holy blood we pour, / and thrice with loud farewell the peaceful shade deplore.

Some people living in Cambodia and Laos consider the animals holy.

Jews, Christians and Muslims agree that Jerusalem is a holy city.

He was an holy Joe that everyone respected.

Eusebius: Right, so you hunted for religion in war? What could be more evil? Pampirus: It was a holy war. Eu: Perhaps against the Turks? Pa: No, something holier, as they said at the time. Eu: What? Pa: Julius the Second waged war against the French.

Before the face of God I take you as my husband. I promise faithfulness to you for better and worse days, in sickness and in health, till death do us part. I want to love, cherish and honor you all the days of my life. Wear this ring as a sign of our love and faithfulness: In the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Before the face of God I take you as my wife. I promise faithfulness to you for better and worse days, in sickness and in health, till death do us part. I want to love, cherish and honor you all the days of my life. Wear this ring as a sign of our love and faithfulness: In the name of the Father and the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

Sami fasted throughout the whole three holy months.

"That was a holy and laudable service; if only everyone studied the word of God in this way. But what, did you do nothing else?" "As often as necessary, I attended her with the maid."

Holy Friday is the Friday before Easter.

The powers of death have done their worst; But Christ their legions hath dispersed; Let shouts of holy joy outburst: Alleluia!

I was on board a ship which was wrecked; I was driven on shore by the waves close to a holy Temple where several young girls were ministering at a service; the youngest of them found me on the beach and saved my life; I saw her but twice. She was the only person I could love in this world, but you are like her, you almost drive her image out of my heart.

"The girl belongs to the holy Temple, he has said; she will never return to the world; they will never meet again; I am here with him; I see him every day. Yes! I will tend him, love him, and give up my life to him."

Real knowledge does not come from books, not even holy ones, but from experience. The best way of understanding reality is through feelings and intuition, not through the intellect. The intellect is limited.

All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter; Pope and Czar, Mettemich and Guizot, French radicals and German police spies.

Rome was sacked in 1527 by the troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.

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