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According to the investigators’ account, their car began to swerve erratically on the ride home, prompting Ed to spritz Annabelle with holy water.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 July 2025
The doll got so rambunctious during the ride to the Warren’s home in Monroe from an investigation site, that Ed Warren had to sprinkle her with holy water, the late Lorraine Warren has said.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
Not exactly despair, but resignation set in, as though sheltering in the basement and sprinkling the children with holy water were to be the accommodating ministrations.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
My wife filled several bottles of what’s considered holy water.
—Eric A. Green, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2025
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 July 2025
The doll got so rambunctious during the ride to the Warren’s home in Monroe from an investigation site, that Ed Warren had to sprinkle her with holy water, the late Lorraine Warren has said.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2025
Not exactly despair, but resignation set in, as though sheltering in the basement and sprinkling the children with holy water were to be the accommodating ministrations.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
My wife filled several bottles of what’s considered holy water.
—Eric A. Green, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for holy water
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“Holy water.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/holy%20water. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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