Example sentences for: pilgrimages

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

  • They returned to live in the Galilee village of Nazareth, making pilgrimages to Jerusalem.

  • Hollywood moguls make pilgrimages to his seaside home.

  • There had been a foretaste of elite foreign tourism in the 1920s, but it was the late 1950s when the rest of Europe began sun-seeking pilgrimages to Spain.

  • It is evident in Irish-Americans' increased visits to Ireland (the Irish American Foundation calls them "pilgrimages"); the burgeoning membership of fraternal organizations like the Ancient Order of Hibernians (now at 100,000); and rising contributions to groups like the American Friends of Sinn Fein (in 1995, it raised a record $1.

  • Cuban faithful make annual pilgrimages to the church to pay tribute to its statue of a black virgin, the Virgen de la Caridad (Virgin of Charity).


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