How to Use protestant in a Sentence
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There were not enough Protestants of any of the non-Catholic denominations to afford the building of a church.
—Adele Foster, NOLA.com, 16 July 2017
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Anand, Schenker and the other protestants did not respond to requests for comment.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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That’s a line that the Catholic Church and some of the biggest protestant denominations are also keen to stress.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Oct. 2017
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These are songs of giving, true protestant hymns speaking to the emptiness in man, protesting alienation in a very Christian way.
—Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
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In the past decade, U.S. nones have overtaken Catholics, mainline protestants, and all followers of non-Christian faiths.
—National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2016
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When Baroness Scotland entered the legal profession - which at the time was 93% male, white and protestant - the odds were already heavily stacked against her.
—Mandeep Rai, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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But one group the administration did not win were white mainline protestants.
—Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
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Her husband, Ewan MacDonald, had struggled for some time to find work as a protestant minister.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 17 Mar. 2017
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Should this state, this city, this town, this neighborhood, even this street reflect the culture, values, interests, and desires of Protestants or Catholics?
—Jonathan S. Blake, The Atlantic, 11 July 2017
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This was the party of the union, northern cities, industrialists and protestants, run by classical liberals who believed in a nightwatchman state, content to pick up a colony or two but leery of foreign wars.
—The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
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About a quarter of all American adults identify as evangelical protestants, according to a 2014 poll by the Pew Research Center.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2019
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His support among white evangelical protestants and white men without a college degree sank double-digits and support among whites and rural Americans fell by 9 points.
—Ryan Struyk, CNN, 18 July 2017
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In most societies throughout history, the politics of identity was one of conflict: Protestants against Catholics, Serbs against Croats, peasants against noblemen.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2020
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On July 24, the protestants testified about their concerns before an administrative judge in Oakland.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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This comes as the Presbyterians, like other mainline protestants churches, have faced rapidly declining memberships and an identity crisis that has allowed the more radical elements within the church to hijack the movement, observers say.
—Sean Savage, Jewish Journal, 26 June 2018
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Fundamentalist protestants, a powerful political force in South Korea, are particularly distrustful of fringe Christian sects -- especially Shincheonji, which has been accused of poaching members of other churches.
—Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
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There were not enough Protestants of any of the non-Catholic denominations to afford the building of a church.
—Adele Foster, NOLA.com, 16 July 2017
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Anand, Schenker and the other protestants did not respond to requests for comment.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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That’s a line that the Catholic Church and some of the biggest protestant denominations are also keen to stress.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 27 Oct. 2017
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These are songs of giving, true protestant hymns speaking to the emptiness in man, protesting alienation in a very Christian way.
—Ralph J. Gleason, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
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In the past decade, U.S. nones have overtaken Catholics, mainline protestants, and all followers of non-Christian faiths.
—National Geographic, 22 Apr. 2016
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When Baroness Scotland entered the legal profession - which at the time was 93% male, white and protestant - the odds were already heavily stacked against her.
—Mandeep Rai, Forbes, 21 June 2022
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But one group the administration did not win were white mainline protestants.
—Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
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Her husband, Ewan MacDonald, had struggled for some time to find work as a protestant minister.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 17 Mar. 2017
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Should this state, this city, this town, this neighborhood, even this street reflect the culture, values, interests, and desires of Protestants or Catholics?
—Jonathan S. Blake, The Atlantic, 11 July 2017
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This was the party of the union, northern cities, industrialists and protestants, run by classical liberals who believed in a nightwatchman state, content to pick up a colony or two but leery of foreign wars.
—The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
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About a quarter of all American adults identify as evangelical protestants, according to a 2014 poll by the Pew Research Center.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Dec. 2019
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His support among white evangelical protestants and white men without a college degree sank double-digits and support among whites and rural Americans fell by 9 points.
—Ryan Struyk, CNN, 18 July 2017
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In most societies throughout history, the politics of identity was one of conflict: Protestants against Catholics, Serbs against Croats, peasants against noblemen.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2020
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On July 24, the protestants testified about their concerns before an administrative judge in Oakland.
—Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
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Brown was born into a family of protestant clergy in 1945 in central Iowa.
—James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2022
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But even as modern shopping culture was born at the end of the 19th century, the protestant value of thriftiness persisted.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
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Every American president has had ties to a protestant or Catholic church.
—Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 16 July 2019
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Today’s tech world is inextricably linked to the Protestant-ethic-on-steroids ethos that Livingston et al lament.
—Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 28 June 2017
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Moore’s brother, John, became a naval chaplain; her longer poems’ resemblance to sermons echoes John’s, and Mary’s, Protestant piety.
—Stephen Burt, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2017
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It’s a glass and steel rectangle, while Wright’s building, which sits proudly on Fifth Avenue, right up the street from that protestant monstrosity the Metropolitan, is unlike any other in the city.
—New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
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Trump has an approval rating above the national average at 85% of the predominately white, protestant churches in America, Burge said.
—Anna Staver, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
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But the legalization movement still faces fierce opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical protestant churches.
—New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020
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Aside from his creative dreams, Will also comes to town with a secret mission, carrying a clandestine message for his cousin, a leader to Catholics subjected to persecution by England's Protestant government.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 July 2017
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An estimated 17 percent of Venezuela’s population of 31 million is believed to be affiliated to a protestant church.
—Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
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Horace Mann’s vision was a structured, uniform system of education that muted all diversity of culture and thought into one, homogeneous (and protestant) world view.
—Jeanne Allen, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
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Among evangelical protestant churches, many have reported great success in moving online.
—Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2020
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The main explanations included growing work pressure—mainly because of women’s entry into the workforce—and the decline of social institutions such as mainline protestant churches.
—The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
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Southern Baptists are the country’s largest protestant denomination.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 23 May 2022
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The church also voted Tuesday, during its national meeting in Anaheim, to support a new task force to oversee additional changes within the protestant church, following a report that showed leaders routinely mishandled abuse cases.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 15 June 2022
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Ronnie Floyd, president of the executive committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, the country’s largest protestant denomination, said there is a growing willingness to discuss mental health today compared with 20 years ago.
—Ian Lovett, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2020
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Most evangelical protestant churches teach that salvation is permanent, so Long’s decision to be rebaptized is unusual.
—Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 20 Mar. 2021
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International students’ attendance at the college was part of a larger effort at religious and imperial expansion as many of these students were brought to the college by American Protestant missionaries overseas.
—Leila McNeill, Smithsonian, 24 Aug. 2017
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Brown was born into a family of protestant clergy in 1945 in central Iowa.
—James E. Causey, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2022
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But even as modern shopping culture was born at the end of the 19th century, the protestant value of thriftiness persisted.
—Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022
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Every American president has had ties to a protestant or Catholic church.
—Daniel Oberhaus, WIRED, 16 July 2019
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Today’s tech world is inextricably linked to the Protestant-ethic-on-steroids ethos that Livingston et al lament.
—Danielle Tcholakian, Longreads, 28 June 2017
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Moore’s brother, John, became a naval chaplain; her longer poems’ resemblance to sermons echoes John’s, and Mary’s, Protestant piety.
—Stephen Burt, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2017
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It’s a glass and steel rectangle, while Wright’s building, which sits proudly on Fifth Avenue, right up the street from that protestant monstrosity the Metropolitan, is unlike any other in the city.
—New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
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Trump has an approval rating above the national average at 85% of the predominately white, protestant churches in America, Burge said.
—Anna Staver, The Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2019
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But the legalization movement still faces fierce opposition from the Roman Catholic Church and evangelical protestant churches.
—New York Times, 29 Dec. 2020
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Aside from his creative dreams, Will also comes to town with a secret mission, carrying a clandestine message for his cousin, a leader to Catholics subjected to persecution by England's Protestant government.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 10 July 2017
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An estimated 17 percent of Venezuela’s population of 31 million is believed to be affiliated to a protestant church.
—Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
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Horace Mann’s vision was a structured, uniform system of education that muted all diversity of culture and thought into one, homogeneous (and protestant) world view.
—Jeanne Allen, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
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Among evangelical protestant churches, many have reported great success in moving online.
—Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2020
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