How to Use churchgoer in a Sentence

churchgoer

noun
  • And some churchgoers have even gone so far as to open up their homes to the migrants.
    — NBC News, 18 June 2019
  • Along a once-rural stretch of road, a small white sign nailed to an old tree greets churchgoers.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 22 June 2023
  • As the dust swirled, Cross yelled for churchgoers to get out of the building.
    — Deneen L. Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • As churchgoers sang gospel songs during the vigil, loud sobs and cries rang out in the crowd.
    — Christal Hayes, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 June 2017
  • Still, even as the number of churchgoers has decreased, tree sales have held steady.
    — Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The churchgoers, some in shorts and T-shirts, sat on benches once used in a beer hall.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune Europe, 9 July 2024
  • The single churchgoer who was killed was slain while trying to stop the shooting.
    — Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • The churchgoer, who had a permit to carry a weapon, went to his car to retrieve his own gun.
    — Lucinda Shen, Time, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Local churchgoers and members of the clergy came to watch the show.
    — Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2023
  • One of them was the massacre of 26 churchgoers in Texas last month.
    — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 16 Dec. 2017
  • At least four churchgoers were killed, and eight others were injured in the attack.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • At least four churchgoers were killed, and eight others were injured in the attack.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Through the chapel's glass walls, churchgoers can look out onto a grove of elms and evergreens.
    — Carol Kino, Smithsonian, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The displays have drawn both support and outrage from churchgoers and passers-by.
    — Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2019
  • In a nearby chapel, the pageant’s blaring pop songs mixed with the steady rhythm of churchgoers reciting the rosary.
    — Aurora Almendral, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2018
  • Gaines was able to pin down Sommers, with other staff and churchgoers running up to help.
    — Megan Forrester, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2025
  • City workers swooped in with brooms and garbage bags, and police guarded the entrance for churchgoers.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 May 2023
  • Gil Mitchell plays the more liberal churchgoer who falls under her spell.
    — Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 20 July 2024
  • But churchgoers and pastors are optimistic that will change.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The boy was a frequent churchgoer and had worked at a senior citizens home for the past three summers.
    — Paige Fry, chicagotribune.com, 19 June 2018
  • The post was discovered in the wake of the killing of nine black churchgoers by a white supremacist.
    — Richard Winton, latimes.com, 4 June 2019
  • That is people who go to church, people who know churchgoers will be told that this is a very important election.
    — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The churchgoer killed was a sports medicine doctor and master of martial arts who was slain while trying to stop the shooting.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • The leading man in the pew recognizes a churchgoer from his studies and braves a walk up the aisle with his co-star to ask him for a chat.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
  • No churchgoers were injured, and the local fire department quickly put out the flame.
    — Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The churchgoers remained standing through the end of Bloomberg's remarks.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Debris piles have replaced pews; the welcoming church has closed its doors; and the churchgoers’ mounting grief has swelled.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • During the service, one churchgoer wanted to honor the four-star defensive line prospect with a few gifts.
    — Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 2 Aug. 2022
  • He was also charged with recording any words churchgoers spoke out of turn, when they were supposed to be attending to the service.
    — JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The horrific shooting that took the lives of nine churchgoers threatened to rip the city of Charleston apart.
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2017

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