How to Use orthodox in a Sentence

orthodox

adjective

• He took an orthodox approach to the problem.
• She believes in the benefits of both orthodox medicine and alternative medicine.
• He is a very orthodox Muslim.
• I attend an Eastern Orthodox church.
• My grandmother is Russian Orthodox.
• The mosque, once a Greek orthodox church and an icon of the Ottoman Empire, is more than 2,000 years old.
  — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2022
• In the world of The Leftovers, new cults fill in the cracks of orthodox Christianity.
  — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 6 June 2017
• Garcia bent his knees, and locked into an orthodox stance in front of the stylists.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• The height and reach is generally the same for the two orthodox stance fighters.
  — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 1 Nov. 2019
• The ninth inning will not be orthodox now that the Phillies do not have a defined closer.
  — Matt Breen, Philly.com, 17 May 2018
• The book’s last chapter focuses on the Chabad, one of the most orthodox Jewish movements.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
• O’Malley switched to orthodox and both continued to land well with a cut opening up over Khashakyan’s left eye.
  — Grant Gordon, Glendale News-Press, 18 July 2017
• It could be argued, though, that Chelsea need a more orthodox number nine.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• The threat then is less likely to be from long-distance waves, but from a more orthodox type of nuclear blast.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
• The main two sects of Judaism are secular and orthodox.
  — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2022
• Crawford came out in an orthodox stance, but switched to southpaw midway through the first round and fought that way for the duration.
  — Eric Olson, ajc, 11 Dec. 2022
• There was once an orthodox canon of what Morris dancing was.
  — Genevieve Marks, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• More orthodox members of the faith do not drive or light a stove, though tasks like cooking are permitted.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
• But the idea that these New England sites were ancient remnant forest flew in the face of orthodox thinking.
  — Jonny Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2022
• That spate of attacks included five people killed just east of Tel Aviv, in the ultra-orthodox city of Bnei Brak.
  — Amir Tal, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
• These films were about a solo hero - larger-than-life and one that mostly sticks to the orthodox traditions.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• A few of the movies might be allowed to serve as originary texts too, depending on how orthodox the fan is.
  — Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 13 Feb. 2018
• Her mother was very orthodox and concealed the truth so that her daughter’s body—her body—could be buried in accordance with the rules.
  — Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
• In the minds of the genre's most orthodox fans and practitioners, a footwork track has to go at least 140 beats per minute, and it's supposed to be made with a dance battle in mind.
  — Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, 8 Mar. 2018
• The memoir is candid yet soaked in denial, a cautionary tale of orthodox Good Girlism.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
• Elias Loewy moved his family of five to Arizona in 1948 and became one of the founders of Phoenix's first orthodox congregation.
  — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2018
• After all, there aren't many movies of this particular flavor that are set in the world of orthodox Judaism.
  — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
• To ask orthodox Christians simply to embrace the opposite overnight is to ask them, in some ways, to abolish themselves.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 8 Sep. 2017
• What is the significance of these holy days for orthodox Jews, secular Jews and perhaps even for non-Jews?
  — The Conversation, oregonlive, 28 Sep. 2019
• Less orthodox, but more influential in the long run, is the notion of projection.
  — Adam Kuper, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 9 May 2024