How to Use priest in a Sentence

priest

noun
  • He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.
  • The priest is not the hero; the Levite is not the hero.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The rites are done in a few seconds, the priest present for a few minutes.
    Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
  • At the burial site, a voodoo priest cleanses the gang with smoke.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Whether there's any room for a hot priest is still TBD.
    Brendan Morrow, The Week, 27 Jan. 2023
  • In one episode, a priest is thought to have been possessed.
    John Blake, CNN, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Monks and priests pass through; monarchs pass by and pass on.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The priest put there that year died just one year later.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 7 Dec. 2022
  • People were going to be able to read the Bible themselves and not talk to the priest.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Never forget: The priests are the heroes of these movies.
    Vulture, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The priest sticks grains of rice to our dripping foreheads.
    Virginia Feito, New York Times, 26 Nov. 2022
  • My family teased me about it, and my priest loved the idea.
    Amy Dickinson, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The structure used to house the office and living area of the head priest at the church that was once next door.
    Joshua Sharpe, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Dec. 2022
  • The man in black steps out of the car and opens his raincoat to reveal a priest’s collar.
    Malcolm Forbes, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
  • That’s how a Catholic group bought records to identity a priest who went to gay bars.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • Khalid Mukhtar, a local priest, said most of the Christians living in the area had fled to safer places.
    Asim Tanveer and Munir Ahmed, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The neighbor could have been one of them, as could the local pilot or priest.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2022
  • This defied Emperor Claudius II, and led to the priest's death.
    Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2024
  • He was born in 1933 in Jamaica, Queens, and studied to become a priest.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The Pope was bringing the priest back from the margins, and joining his own Asian journey to Teilhard’s.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Shout out to Jason Miller as the young priest questioning his faith, who turns out to be a hero.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Shout out to Jason Miller as the young priest questioning his faith, who turns out to be a hero.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Oct. 2024
  • As for Polman, the former would-be priest is still preaching.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Andrew Scott joins the second season as a priest with whom Fleabag falls in love.
    Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Gutierrez spotted her son lying on the ground, and next to him was her priest, the Rev. Patrick Heppe.
    Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The priest didn’t just pluck a brown-skinned baby from the pews every winter to play Jesus.
    Taylor Harris, Time, 13 Dec. 2022
  • One of the most iconic shots of the film is that of the priest’s face, which transitions into a barren, rocky desertscape.
    Leila Jordan, IndieWire, 14 Oct. 2024
  • David Hyde Pierce is earnest to a fault as the priest hired as a consultant for the film, but the character doesn’t quite seem to jell.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 20 June 2024
  • Your spouse, your priest/rabbi, your child, your neighbor and your best friend are all going to take the mic.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The priest offers the pair a solution: Ed must let go of the Colts blanket, and Lina has to give up kissing.
    Claire Franken, TVLine, 13 Sep. 2024

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