Sentence examples for christened from inspiring English sources

The word 'christened' is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used in religious or formal contexts to refer to the act of naming or baptizing someone, often in the Christian tradition. Example: The newborn baby was christened in a beautiful ceremony at the local church, surrounded by family and friends.

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christened

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Past of christen

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Your fans christened themselves "Carrie's Care Bears" during the show.

The winner was a plump piglet wearing a pair of headphones, christened Oink.

Also on the premises was a white-bearded wildebeest which the park staff christened Wiggins last August because of its fine facial hair, although the Olympic champion has, of course, now shaved off his legendary sideburns.

It's a case of bad timing for Dino when you consider that there had never been a player christened Baggio in Serie A's long history until they both arrived on the scene.

Kate – christened Catherine Elizabeth – has a younger sister, Pippa, and brother, James.

The first came in 1958, when as financial secretary to the Treasury, he resigned with Peter (later Lord) Thorneycroft, the chancellor of the exchequer, and Nigel Birch, the economic secretary, in protest against the government's refusal to hold back public expenditure to a level acceptable to them - the episode which Harold Macmillan christened 'a little local difficulty'.

And Rooney's older brother, Anderson, is 16 and so was christened long before the Brazilian signed for Utd in 2007.

Despite the markets' recent rally, the "Greenspan put", as it was once christened, now seems to have been over-optimistic.

Raghuram Rajan took over as the RBI's boss on September 4th and was immediately christened "Dr Feelgood" by one newspaper.

Like the assassination attempt, the ongoing campaign has been distinguished by the efforts of the American-led coalition to spare, even succour, most Iraqis, while striking at their rulers in and around the Iraqi capital".Operation Iraqi Freedom", as the Pentagon has christened this singular war, is the most intimately reported conflict in history.

They were not christened by an energy firm, but by locals who bought shares worth £4.6m ($7.6m) to build them.

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