Example sentences for: christened

How can you use “christened” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "Being christened 'Merlin D. Tuttle.

  • Since Barrett was christened the heir apparent years ago, the succession should go smoothly, and all indications are that he's a more than capable executive.

  • According to Michael Lee of the University of Sydney and Michael Caldwell of Chicago's Field Museum, the 100-million-year-old fossil, christened Pachyrachis problematicus ("problematic thick-ribbed animal") in the late 1970s, is a proto-snake with two legs.

  • A staircase by the throne room leads to what Evans christened the piano nobile — an upper floor of the west wing.

  • In parallel with the roots of onomatopoeia (onoma `name' + poiein `to make or do') I have christened the effect onomatoplazia: onoma again + pladzein `to mislead or deceive.


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