How to Use apostle in a Sentence

apostle

noun

• The grinning Latter-day Saint apostle had the same wish — but the other way around.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020
• Flores died in 2014 and passed the mantle of apostle on to Garcia.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2022
• There was the tale of the time when Luther went to bathe in a stream and shape-shifted into an old man who might have been an apostle.
  — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2020
• Her dancers follow from the ground like apostles, and the crowd takes in the entire spectacle with an air of awe.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2023
• Even the first pope, St. Peter, hand-picked by Jesus, was married, as were many of the first apostles.
  — NBC News, 28 Oct. 2019
• Yes, that’s when the popular apostle will turn 80 years old.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• Judas leads the arresting guards to the Mount of Olives where Jesus and the other apostles are.
  — Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
• It is named after the Christian apostle who landed on its shores in 51 A.D. to spread the gospel of Jesus.
  — Nick Kontis, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
• Brigham Young’s son — also named Brigham and a Latter-day Saint apostle — was present, too.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2022
• In turn, McAuliffe is tagging Youngkin as an apostle of Trumpism.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2021
• There are grapevines and cupids, as well as depictions of Noah and his ark, Daniel and the lions and Christ and his apostles.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 5 June 2017
• Pause at Saints Peter and Paul’s Church to examine the 12 apostles who adorn its grand frontage.
  — Malavika Bhattacharya, National Geographic, 23 July 2019
• Last year, an apostle, one of the most senior leaders in Mormonism, came to a taping.
  — Bradley Olson, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2017
• Quoting the apostle Paul, Gunn said nothing can separate us from the love of God.
  — Bob Warren, NOLA.com, 21 Apr. 2018
• Also, to those who were apostles of hip-hop, your word being your bond is the cornerstone.
  — Bianca Alysse, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2018
• When there’s word of a rising Messiah and His apostles, Clarence wants to carve put his own plan to a divine life.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023
• Many of the performers’ poses were similar to those of the 12 apostles, and they were arranged in groups, just as in the painting.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
• And while the trends and the fashions may change, we are not allowed to change the doctrine which was created by Jesus Christ and his apostles.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018
• Jamie Krueger is one of the Amiga's 21st century apostles.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 3 Oct. 2017
• In the Bible, Jesus Christ names 12 apostles to spread his gospel, and the early Christian church owes its rapid rise to their missionary zeal.
  — National Geographic, 6 Mar. 2016
• There are 18 spices in the basic Cincinnati chili recipe, which include sweet and savory apostles.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 19 June 2023
• Judas, the apostle known for betraying Jesus, is believed to be the 13th guest at the Last Supper.
  — Emily Deciccio, Fox News, 13 July 2018
• Right now, Islam Karimov is one of its apostles in west Asia.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 Oct. 2012
• The apostles — literally, those who are sent forth — went forth.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 21 Sep. 2017
• Church doctrine requires an all-male priesthood, on the grounds that Jesus’ apostles were male.
  — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, 15 Oct. 2018
• In the lower one, the deceased Virgin lies in deathlike sleep amid a gathering of apostles.
  — New York Times, 16 May 2018
• Some of the Christian apostles traveled and even settled in regions in Turkey.
  — Ramazan Kılınç, The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2019
• In Paul’s letter to Philemon, the apostle even commands a runaway slave to return to his master.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 July 2022
• Even so, the apostle pointed to a recent Salt Lake Tribune story that separated the fact from the fiction in the show.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 May 2022
• The church does not allow women to be priests, in part because its leaders say that Jesus only chose men as his twelve apostles.
  — John Blake, CNN, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 23 Oct 2024