How to Use Presbyterian in a Sentence

Presbyterian

1 of 2 noun
  • Northwood Presbyterian Church is, in a sense, a kind of home.
    — Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 2024-03-09
  • Medics rushed him to NewYork-Presbyterian Queens, but he couldn’t be saved.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • How does the thought of a man from Presbyterian Scotland interact with Catholic social teaching?
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 2023-12-15
  • The property is now owned by First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 2023-06-15
  • At about noon, firefighters were notified of a second fire at First Presbyterian Church, located on the same block.
    — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 2023-05-25
  • He was taken to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 2023-10-02
  • West-Park Presbyterian’s challenges are somewhat common.
    — Ingrid Ahlgren, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-07-18
  • They were taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2024-02-07
  • There is limited free parking via the 55th Avenue auto entry gate and at Riviera Presbyterian Church.
    — Christina Mayo, Miami Herald, 2024-01-31
  • Among the parents challenging the law are two Jewish rabbis, a Jewish cantor, a Presbyterian reverend and a Baptist pastor.
    — Jenna Sundel gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Bickers will give a free solo organ recital to celebrate Village Presbyterian’s 75th anniversary March 1 at the church.
    — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 2024-02-23
  • Unlike its sprawling neighbor, Riverside Church, a few streets over, Broadway Presbyterian stands humbly on a fraction of sidewalk, with a mere four stairs leading up to its fire-engine-red doors.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One of the officers was taken to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center at 11:34 p.m., where he was pronounced dead.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 2023-10-13
  • Two victims were rushed by police to Penn Presbyterian Medical Center with gunshot wounds, and one of them is considered a possible suspect, the official added.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2024-04-10
  • In 1983, Scott graduated from Stall and went to Presbyterian College on a football scholarship.
    — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 2023-11-01
  • The church, the school and the families – among them the parents of the children killed – then asked for involvement in the case, with Covenant Presbyterian saying its intervention was warranted to protect its interests and employees.
    — Alta Spells, CNN, 2023-05-25
  • The one-night-only reading of All the President’s Men was in support of CWP’s efforts to save the historic West Park Presbyterian Church.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Proceeds support Sycamore Presbyterian Preschool, Lesotho Nutrition Initiative and Hope's Closet.
    — Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Before Big Sky play, Sac State will take part in the Empire Classic that includes their first-ever matchup with Presbyterian as well as bouts with two in-state powerhouses in UCLA and Cal.
    — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Having a politician deliver a sermon at Trinity is rare, church leaders said, and came about as Talarico pursues a master’s degree in divinity at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The article queried 12 other Baltimore clergy, representing Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist churches.
    — Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The Mature Adult Ministry at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church (SBPC) is dedicated to creating meaningful opportunities that encourage spiritual growth, lifelong learning, and overall well being.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Across from Couloak Drive project, there’s a rezoning petition from RED Partners under Tryon Advisors, LLC, for 70 to 85 for-sale townhomes along with a daycare center at Cooks Memorial Presbyterian Church.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The union, Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, requested the Justice Department investigate New York Presbyterian over claims that anti-competitive behavior kept hospital prices high.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The stretch is home to Luna Mexican Kitchen, Zona Rosa, Westminster Presbyterian Church, the Billy DeFrank LGBTQ Community Center, Crema coffee, Recycle Bookstore and Hop & Vine, where the Alameda Business Association and city officials held a launch event Thursday.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025

Presbyterian

2 of 2 adjective
  • My dad was a Presbyterian minister, for 40 years or something like that….
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 2024-02-13
  • The pastor at a nearby Presbyterian church wondered if an animal had died in the ductwork.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 2023-04-18
  • But in Columbia, around 85 people sit in the pews of the small Presbyterian church to hear what the panelists have to say.
    — Sophie Hills, The Christian Science Monitor, 2023-08-03
  • Raised by a strict Presbyterian father who had forced him to memorize the Bible on pain of whipping, he was well versed in the idea that the world had been made for man.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 2023-08-30
  • Police said no motive has yet been established for the shooting at the school, which is an academy within a Presbyterian church.
    — Emily Wax-Thibodeaux, Washington Post, 2023-04-03
  • Diane was a legal secretary and raised her three sons in a strict Presbyterian household, per Esquire.
    — Skyler Trepel, Peoplemag, 2024-02-08
  • Van Wart ultimately sold his land to buy a farm and became a respected chorister in a local Presbyterian church.
    — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 2023-07-21
  • The group was led by Charles Taze Russell, a religious seeker from a Presbyterian background.
    — Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 2023-03-10
  • Since the congregation voted to break away, the pro-United Methodist faction has begun holding services at a local Presbyterian church.
    — Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 2023-06-24
  • At one Presbyterian church in a quiet neighborhood, a musician played a mournful flute and faith leaders spoke as dozens of residents and TV cameras gathered.
    — Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 2023-04-11
  • Calvary remains an active Presbyterian church to this day, with worship services every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
    — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 2023-07-21
  • Thomas Craighead, a Presbyterian pastor and Princeton graduate who had moved to the area only four years earlier, was named president of the institution.
    — Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Last month, the largest health care union in the country held a rally after the NewYork-Presbyterian hospital system mandated that workers receive at least one shot of the vaccine by Sept. 1.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-08-22
  • There's actually a playlist that was developed by New York-Presbyterian hospital that provides songs with a tempo that match the appropriate timing of chest compressions.
    — The Enquirer, 2023-01-07
  • The indictment also charged him with 45 counts of violating a federal hate crimes law by attacking church congregants because of their Taiwanese national origin and Presbyterian faith.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 2023-05-11
  • In 2014, while posting on Facebook against Israel’s bombing of Gaza, Shaw received an official complaint lodged at Presbyterian headquarters.
    — Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In the early 19th century, Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham promoted a restrained lifestyle led by a high-fiber, vegetarian diet.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025

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