How to Use baptize in a Sentence

baptize

verb
  • The priest baptized the baby.
  • She was baptized at the age of 20.
  • They were baptized again, this time in the Catholic Church.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 20 June 2019
  • Kneel at the altar and get baptized in the beauty of the song.
    — Tricia Despres, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Kneel at the altar and get baptized in the beauty of the song.
    — Tricia Despres, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Born in 1892, Tolkien was baptized in the Church of England.
    — Bradley J. Birzer, National Review, 24 Dec. 2023
  • She was not raised in the faith but sought it out and was baptized, her dad said.
    — OregonLive.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • In Blame the Man, two men baptize him in what looks like a river.
    — José Sánchez Córdova, Dallas News, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Eisleben Eisleben played a huge role in Luther’s life—he was born here, baptized here and died here.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 26 June 2017
  • She’d been baptized a Catholic, and her church taught that she would be banished to hell.
    — Susan McKay, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
  • The two were married in 1985, five years after their first date, in the church in which he was baptized.
    — Zach Montague, New York Times, 29 May 2024
  • We are saved in the water, baptized by the waves, but never capsized by the wakes.
    — Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The results spoke for themselves as the Vikings got baptized by the Packers in prime time.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 2 Jan. 2024
  • At one time, the monastery held the cross that some believe John the Baptist used to baptize Jesus.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 7 June 2017
  • He was baptized and confirmed by Stephan at St. Gertrude’s.
    — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 24 July 2024
  • Cox had been raised and baptized in a Disciples of Christ church.
    — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2018
  • He was baptized as a member of the United Church of Christ and grew up active in that faith.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Darby says that's when the family spoke to a priest to have the newborn baptized.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The woman said Hogan swam over to her and offered to baptize her children.
    — al, 28 July 2021
  • The live chicks, meanwhile, tripled in size and were baptized by Father Sean, the priest who comes by on Thursdays.
    — Anne Kadet, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
  • Ebenezer is where King was baptized as a child and ordained at 19.
    — Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Ebenezer is where King was baptized as a child and ordained at 19.
    — Jeff Martin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • 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.
    — Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Her children were baptized there, and her in-laws, who are in their late 80s, were married there too.
    — Abbey McDonald and Ardeshir Tabrizian, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023

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