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
• One of the ships ... carries Gabriel, a crazed prophet who predicts doom.
  — Andrea Pitzer, Slate Magazine, 13 June 2017
• The Log Lady could be a prophet or just a crazy old woman.
  — Jim Geraghty, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
• 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 witches act as dancers and backup singers as well as prophets.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Dec. 2024
• What the prophet says is what is true, and everything else is false.
  — Dan Stewart, Time, 18 Oct. 2017
• The church is led by a prophet who also serves as president of the church.
  — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• Scapegoat, prophet, moron, rogue—the poor white is a shapeshifter.
  — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 25 Oct. 2017
• 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
• But like so many great prophets before her, Ellen is not so well received in her time.
  — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2024
• They are thought of not just as coaches but as gurus, prophets, avatars for particular ideas.
  — Rory Smith, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Mar 2025