How to Use preacher in a Sentence

preacher

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  • Her father is not a preacher and not the man in the video.
    — Melonee Hurt, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • Banks ‘called the note’ The preacher would need a loan to start his church — or buy his home.
    — Dallas News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Tall, thin, and bald, he has been compared to both a monk and a preacher.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The film opens with the gruesome murders of a preacher and his wife in the presence of their young son.
    — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Matt believed what his preacher said about the end times.
    — Elizabeth Barber, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • In addition to singing, the late figure toured the world as a preacher.
    — Brooklyn White, Essence, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Everybody needs to get their hair cut, from the gangster to the preacher to the teacher.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The next day the preachers and the lecturers, the magazines, the books, the newspapers.
    — Brenda Wineapple, TIME, 28 June 2024
  • Bird’s preacher stopped by to pray with Bird on Monday night.
    — John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Smith was one of two men convicted of the 1988 murder-for-hire of a preacher’s wife.
    — Kim Chandler, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes, the female preacher spoke as many as three times a day.
    — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Two outcasts, a preacher’s daughter and a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, hold the key to uncovering the truth.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The bride was a 17-year-old preacher’s daughter named Dorothy Barton.
    — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Isaac Farris said in 2007 that, as preachers are wont to do, Christine’s date headed straight to the kitchen to get a plate of food.
    — Ernie Suggs The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), al, 30 June 2023
  • His voice rose and fell with a preacher’s cadence; the tone of his vocals bleeding raw at the surface.
    — David Drake, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2021
  • There are a lot of folks who will support a football player over a preacher.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 24 May 2024
  • The TikTok video of a man claiming to be her father, a preacher, is also fake.
    — Melonee Hurt, USA TODAY, 5 July 2024
  • The pair raised their children on a farm in Arkansas, where William was a physician and preacher.
    — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
  • Smith was convicted in the 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher's wife.
    — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • My fifth-great-grandfather did not change his mind like his preacher.
    — Jessica Goudeau, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • The son of a Baptist preacher, Howery began working in kitchens at age 14.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 22 Apr. 2023
  • His eldest son, Felix, left to be with the preacher until his father was able to bring him back with the help of police.
    — Rael Ombuor and Frances Vinall, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Prophets, preachers, and witnesses had shown up in every dark place Bob Falls had landed in the past twelve years.
    — Tom Hanks, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Reverend Saviour The Christian preacher who changes Tommy’s life for the better.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Many times us PKs [preachers’ kids] are under a radar of perfection.
    — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
  • With the speech-making skills of a preacher and a nurse’s backbone, Bush became a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement.
    — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Allen, 24, a preacher and singer from Mobile, delved into his emotions and displayed his gospel roots.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Her mother, Ann, was a full-time parent, and her father, Charles, was a lawyer and a volunteer preacher.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
  • With a career spanning more than three decades, this prominent preacher has said and done almost all there is to do – so why the biopic now?
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Kelvin, the youth pastor, had an appearance change after Flannery did some research on popular TikTok preachers.
    — Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 14 June 2024

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