How to Use sect in a Sentence
sect
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Where are those gaps that allow someone to end up in the clutches of a sect?
— Holly Jones, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023 -
In our household rose a new gospel, a new church, a new Sinclair sect.
— Safiya Sinclair, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023 -
Leaders of the sect have made antisemitic statements in the past.
— Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2023 -
All the while, Nick Cave — the rangy leader of this ad-hoc religious sect — leaps from one side of the stage to the other.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2022 -
In this sect, women are viewed as second-class and subservient to men.
— Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 22 June 2023 -
The blast, which was heard more than 20 miles away, killed Venta and six other sect members.
— Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2021 -
After all, the goal is to get more people into EVs, not cater strictly to the too-cool-for-school sect.
— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2023 -
Then the remnants of an extreme religious sect from Earth found their way to the same planet.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2021 -
Four agents and 76 members of the sect were killed, and Dr. Stone’s panel was charged with assessing whether the tragedy could have been avoided.
— New York Times, 1 Feb. 2022 -
Clériga then asked the six-time national champion coach for a message to the sect of fans from the deep south.
— Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 19 Sep. 2022 -
At least 75 members of the Branch Davidian sect died in a fire that began during the raid.
— CNN, 6 Apr. 2022 -
The mayor will present Ahmad, the fifth successor to the sect’s founder who challenged Dowie, with a key to the city as a symbol of trust and friendship.
— Deepa Bharath, ajc, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Some say the texts came from diverse sources; others attribute them all to a Jewish sect that lived near the 12 caves in the first century A.D.
— Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022 -
The region where the attack took place is known for conflict between Sunni and Shia sects of Islam.
— Sophia Saifi, CNN, 4 May 2023 -
The Texas town was the site of the 1993 face-off between government agents and the Branch Davidian religious sect.
— Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2023 -
One man remains behind — August (Ben Whishaw), who left the sect when his mother was expelled.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2023 -
As well as an eye-opening docuseries about a religious sect.
— Andy Meek, BGR, 4 June 2022 -
The sect had once ruled Yemen for centuries but was marginalized under the Sunni regime that came to power after a 1962 civil war.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023 -
The group traces its history to a religious revival movement for the Zaydi sect of Shi'ite Islam in the late 1990s.
— Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2023 -
Born in 1754 to a soldier, Gillray attended a school run by the Moravian Brethren, a strict Protestant sect with a bleak view of human nature.
— William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 2 Dec. 2022 -
The board approved the school despite a state law requiring public schools to be free of control from any religious sect.
— USA TODAY, 6 June 2023 -
In effect, there’s a sect of onlookers viewing this circumstance akin to a baseball lineup where the heart of the order hasn’t stepped up to bat.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2023 -
This slim parka is one of the founding members of the cool outerwear sect, with quilted and contrasting lining to keep you warm and stylish.
— Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 19 Dec. 2022 -
Toews grew up in Steinbach, Manitoba, a member of the same Mennonite sect to which the book’s colonists belong.
— Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023 -
There is no reason to restrict love and success to a Bible verse of a highly specific religious sect.
— The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024 -
Koreshan was once home to a religious sect who established a settlement on the banks of the Estero River in 1893.
— Outside Online, 10 Jan. 2022 -
There’s Asher Rubin, a lovelorn eye doctor who takes in a runaway from the Frankist sect after Jacob impregnates her.
— Jake Bittle, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022 -
The oral and dental medicine specialist belongs to the Shiite sect of Islam — viewed by many hard-line Sunni Muslims as heretical.
— Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022 -
But the changes for the sect have not come without intense backlash, and conservative Buddhists have threatened to burn Drukpa temples.
— Sameer Yasir Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023 -
The marquee event here was 770 Eastern Parkway (while anyone can technically walk right on in, knowing where to go and who to speak to will be up to you) a space so famous that rival sects nevertheless buy and sell toys in its image.
— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Jan. 2024
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