CHRISTENING in a Sentence

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For CHRISTENING, below is one of 33 sentences:
In the years that followed that second christening, many changes had taken place in her that made the pet name incongruous.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHRISTENING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
christening
 n.  Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name
 n.  a Christian ceremony involving baptizing and naming an infant
Classic Sentence: (28 in 2 pages)
1  Every luxury that money could buy, including christening, had been lavished on you by your fond and doting parents.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
2  I believe I was at her christening.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
3  The countryman then began to tell his tale, and said he was going to take the goose to a christening.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In HANS IN LUCK
4  Elizabeth was chiefly struck by his extraordinary deference for Lady Catherine, and his kind intention of christening, marrying, and burying his parishioners whenever it were required.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
5  She was not asleep, she was talking gently with her mother, making plans about the christening.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 16
6  In the years that followed that second christening, many changes had taken place in her that made the pet name incongruous.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
7  Besides I have just made arrangements with Dr. Chasuble to be christened at a quarter to six under the name of Ernest.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
8  Besides, I have a perfect right to be christened if I like.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
9  There is no evidence at all that I have ever been christened by anybody.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
10  You have been christened already.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
11  Yes, but I have not been christened for years.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
12  If you are not quite sure about your ever having been christened, I must say I think it rather dangerous your venturing on it now.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
13  Being the eldest son you were naturally christened after your father.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In THIRD ACT
14  Not that there was any swank about him: nobody but Eliza knew that he had been christened Frederick Challoner.
Pygmalion By George Bernard Shaw
Context  Highlight   In ACT V
15  She was more like her father than her younger sisters, for Carreen, who had been born Caroline Irene, was delicate and dreamy, and Suellen, christened Susan Elinor, prided herself on her elegance and ladylike deportment.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
Example Sentence:
1  The ewer from which the water will be poured – sourced from the river where Christ was baptised – was made in 1735 for the christening of George III.
2  George was dressed in an elaborate lace and satin christening gown that's a replica of one made in 1841 for the christening of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter.
3  In western countries the baby is usually christened by the priest.
4  She was born in March and christened in June.
5  They christened their second child Maria.