How to Use prophet in a Sentence

prophet

noun

• And a sculpture of the prophet is at the Supreme Court.
  — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• Looking back, the girl in the Vine seems close to a prophet.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
• And our laws are derived from the Qur’an and the practices of the prophet.
  — Time, 5 Apr. 2018
• The Bible says woe unto those who love the tombs of the prophets.
  — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, 7 May 2018
• It will be based on one book, that of God and his prophet.
  — Nic Robertson and Tim Lister, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
• Here, the prophet transmits the claims, even the complaints of the people to God.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2021
• Willem Dafoe plays Heimir the Fool—half jester, half mad prophet.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
• In the Hebrew Bible, the Lord is looking for a prophet.
  — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
• One of these is tharid, said to have been the prophet’s favorite dish.
  — Anissa Helou, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• And oh, Allah, please send peace to our prophet, the master of the worlds.
  — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 June 2018
• The saint in his cell reading about the righteous prophets and kings.
  — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• But the prophet wasn’t just in town to talk to believers.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 15 July 2019
• It was first built in A.D. 637, just five years after the prophet’s death.
  — Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 12 May 2021
• One great example of this is the life of the prophet Elijah.
  — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Nov. 2019
• The armed man could be heard saying that the prophet Mohammed told him to kill Naseem in a dream.
  — Susannah George, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2020
• The prizefighter, the pop star, the pro-football player, the prophet.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
• That false prophet was known simply as Q. And Kendall was about to warn his church about it.
  — John General and Richa Naik, CNN, 23 May 2021
• The man was a genius and a prophet and the most spiritual.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
• The church is led by a prophet who also serves as president of the church.
  — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• The book was partly inspired by the life of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2022
• The polygamy of Mormonism’s second prophet, Brigham Young, is well known.
  — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
• If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria.
  — Vincent Kituku, idahostatesman, 23 Mar. 2018
• The prophets of doom are right; the auto show is fast becoming a spent force.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2019
• With a shock of long white hair and a long beard, the 67-year-old looks like an Old Testament prophet.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
• In the Old Testament, prophets seem to be on speed dial to Zion.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• Sikhs use it to refer to God and the ten prophet leaders, or gurus.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
• This makes his predictions sound like the stuff of a madman or a prophet.
  — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• For all her outward support, his wife has clearly begun to have her doubts about her beloved prophet.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2024
• Another guest was Alex Jones, the keening fabulist whom Carlson once considered beyond the pale and now treats as a prophet.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jan 2025