How to Use clergyman in a Sentence

clergyman

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  • The attack on the clergymen spurred more white people to head to the South and join civil rights protests.
    — al.com, 19 June 2019
  • The clergyman says that, as a rule, the church has always supported the state.
    — The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Creigh told the court the clergyman took no action and did not tell police.
    — Houston Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • The man opened up about what happened to a clergyman, Dexheimer said.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
  • Kate brought Charlotte over to say hello and thank the clergyman.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 25 Dec. 2019
  • One of the men was a seminarian at the time, and the others were young clergymen.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The clergyman from Monrovia is leaving his fate to God.
    — Nina Agrawal, latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
    — Becca Martin-Brown, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The now half-blind priest reacts by brutally beating her in the face, even as the other clergyman urges him to stop.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Paul Baglyos, a 61-year-old Lutheran clergyman who lives nearby, was out of town for the weekend, but heard about the shooting from his wife.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The wedding was performed by a prominent Methodist clergyman, not a justice of the peace, Barnes found.
    — Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • And at the center of the ring is a priest who served as guidance counselor, a clergyman whom survivors describe as a monster, the Rev. A. Joseph Maskell.
    — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
  • During that time, a group of clergymen wrote an open letter urging him away from protests.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
  • And at the center of the ring is a priest who served as guidance counselor, a clergyman whomsurvivors describe as a monster, the Rev. A. Joseph Maskell.
    — David Zurawik, baltimoresun.com, 12 May 2017
  • Here, the Reverend Dwight Baldwin a physician as well as a clergyman and his wife, Charlotte, raised six children.
    — Brian J. Cantwell, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The reason for this goes back nearly 400 years, and involves an annoyed French clergyman.
    — Ernie Smith, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2017
  • But ostentation, in the words of that old American clergyman, is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
    — John Hirschauer, National Review, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Young Palestinian scouts played bagpipes and the crowd snapped pictures as a clergyman held the silver reliquary and marched toward the church.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Charlotte, on the other hand, is charmed and quickly develops a crush on the dashing clergyman.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Cecil was a clergyman and his sister, Linnie, was a laundress in a private home.
    — The Root, 8 Dec. 2017
  • Mostly, though, the feedback has been positive, say the clergymen.
    — Dan Simon, CNN, 19 June 2017
  • The once-cowardly clergyman has earned my Most Improved Character Award, by the way.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 July 2021
  • Also in attendance will be the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most senior clergyman in the Church of England, which the new king now heads.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Suddenly, what a clergyman was saying was in the headlines everywhere, and so was the box score of commitments to Christ each night.
    — Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The meat of common carp was held in high esteem and was at one point reserved only for nobility and clergymen.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Austen was the daughter of a clergyman who didn’t own property of his own and left only a small legacy to his wife and unmarried daughters.
    — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • But as long as the clergyman was criticizing Britain, McBride said, it was considered okay.
    — Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2018
  • His father, Theodore, was a poor farmer who had become a Methodist clergyman, and his mother, the former Claribel Hope, was a part-time music teacher.
    — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021
  • There is also an endearing bromance that unfurls between the astronomer and his lifelong clergyman friend, who is destined to be Pope.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 17 May 2024
  • At last, the clergyman hit upon what seemed an excellent idea for subduing the Andaman Home’s rambunctious inmates.
    — Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023

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