How to Use Lutheran in a Sentence

Lutheran

noun
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  • The rest of her body was buried in a Lutheran cemetery in Seattle.
    — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Concordia was part of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod at the time.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023
  • Canyon will play Irvine Crean Lutheran, a 9-7 win over Sultana.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
  • Among the ideas that have been considered is making the old church a Lutheran museum.
    — Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
  • Eastlake, the No. 3 seed, beat Orange Lutheran to advance.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2023
  • The Cougars’ double-digit lead was cut in half after Lutheran’s Isaiah Williams converted a layup with 3:28 on the clock.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The purpose of my travel was to teach at a Lutheran seminary in Pretoria, South Africa.
    — A. Trevor Sutton, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Want to see which schools have offered the rising senior guard from Wisconsin Lutheran High School?
    — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2023
  • The five-set win over Trinity Lutheran also included 19 digs and two kills.
    — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Aug. 2023
  • After trailing for the first three quarters of the championship game against Long Island Lutheran, Montverde chipped away and then pulled away in the fourth quarter on its way to a 60-54 victory.
    — Steve Gorches, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Zehnder was a lifelong member of St. Lorenz Lutheran Church, where funeral services will be held.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
  • Before turning to the page, Merritt did some research by embedding with a Lutheran community in Ohio.
    — Ariel Shapiro, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Moore arrived at Orange Lutheran after guiding the Huntington Beach girls for three seasons.
    — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Ward is also a standout on Lutheran’s Class A state championship-winning basketball team.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2023
  • In 2021, he was convicted of driving a tractor into the Watson Lutheran Church, the newspaper reported.
    — Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 11 Jan. 2024
  • His selection of works, for example, mixed the sacred with the secular, interspersing chorale preludes (which use Lutheran hymns as their point of departure) with the six trio sonatas for organ.
    — Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • Pfeffer said Grace Lutheran Church gave the nonprofit plenty of time to review the lease and negotiate before making a decision.
    — The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
  • In Germany, a Lutheran church recently offered a service created mostly by an AI chatbot.
    — Ingrid Ahlgren, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2023
  • The second boy was taken to Lutheran General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to a news release from Palatine police.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • An unknown male subject took a phone left in an unattended supply cart at a business inside Lutheran General Hospital June 26, police said.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 July 2023
  • Scored 17 points and had 10 assists in a nationally-televised upset over powerhouse Long Island Lutheran in December.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The Supreme Court first recognized the ministerial exemption in a unanimous 2012 decision involving a teacher at a Lutheran church and school in Michigan fired after taking leave to deal with illness.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 July 2023
  • In one successful case of communication Friedman cited, a man entered a Lutheran church and began spouting anti-Christian and antisemitic hate.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Texas Lutheran University senior Ashley Adams is gearing up for graduation this month.
    — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 11 May 2023
  • The mother and her children were transported in critical condition to Lutheran Hospital in Brooklyn, where the mother later died of her injuries, according to authorities.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • These were saucily intercut with occult signifiers of supernatural gestation and birth, plus footage of a Jesus movie meant for viewing a nearby Lutheran church that was mistakenly delivered to Anger’s house.
    — Vulture, 27 May 2023
  • Recently, several were hung in the new Carroll Lutheran Village renovation in Westminster.
    — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Maloney was receptive to that idea, pointing out Lutheran General Hospital as a possible candidate.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2023
  • The rest of her body was buried in a Lutheran cemetery in Seattle.
    — Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Concordia was part of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod at the time.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2023

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