How to Use chaplain in a Sentence

chaplain

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  • But if the hour of death came to pass, what would the chaplain do?
    — Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The chaplain went on to serve in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The chaplain opened with a prayer seeking to bring the 118th Congress to life.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In a sense, LeRette has become the prison chaplain he felt called to be.
    — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The school chaplain talked to my grandson in a short one-on-one session.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The thing is, the work of a hospital chaplain isn’t done in an empty chapel.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • The chaplains help soldiers find showers and a place to rest.
    — Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 9 May 2024
  • Tom Chapman, the chaplain, wore a wide-brim hat for shade in the treeless expanse and prayed.
    — Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • A week before the seder, the chaplain got the green light from the ship captain to open it up to non-Jewish sailors who wanted to join.
    — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • He’s been involved with the Boy Scouts for most of his life, first as a member and later as a chaplain.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Brother Chette is Chette Williams, who has been Auburn’s team chaplain since 1999.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Pommerville came back to his alma mater to serve as chaplain because of that shift.
    — Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • And, sure, a few minutes later, there was a chaplain and two [Texas] Rangers that came looking for us ...
    — ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • In 1968, Payne had become the chaplain of the Crumlin children’s hospital, not far from where the young O’Toole lived.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Two years ago, the Troutdale truck stop chaplain died after running it for 20 years.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • As a chaplain, Zeb has come to feel that secret marriages are risky for the couples involved.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The Department did not release the name of the chaplain who was assaulted.
    — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2022
  • There to guide her along the journey was the Rev. Jo Laurence, a hospice and palliative care chaplain.
    — Gosia Wozniacka, ajc, 15 May 2022
  • This bill, when the chaplains come to campus, the parents have to consent for the student to receive services from there.
    — Ryan Dailey, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
  • She was not believed to be in town at the time of the shooting and was notified by a law enforcement chaplain.
    — Mackenzie Mays, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Schmitt argued with the new hospital chaplain James (Michael Thomas Grant) over discussing death with the young boy.
    — Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The nun has served as the team's chaplain since 1994 after joining the staff at Loyola-Chicago three years prior.
    — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Randall Cunningham is now the chaplain for the Las Vegas Raiders.
    — Emily Leiker, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
  • Without chaplains working that late on a weekend night, the nursing staff pressed on.
    — Susan Young, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
  • Kubiak spent the year before he was hired as the Broncos head coach in Baltimore and the Ravens had a full-time team chaplain.
    — Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 May 2024
  • Districts must vote whether to implement the chaplain program within the next six months.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Newcomer Nicolle Grasse, a hospice chaplain, was elected to the fourth seat.
    — Elizabeth Owens-Schiele, chicagotribune.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Another chaplain, who was not Catholic, took his place.
    — John Rosengren, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • He was introduced to karate while serving as a U.S. army chaplain in Korea in 1963.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Schmitt also clashed with the hospital’s new chaplain, James (Michael Thomas Grant), who wasn’t nearly as reluctant as the co-chief resident to discuss death with the patient.
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024

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