How to Use clergyman in a Sentence

clergyman

noun
  • Robin, our hero, is the son of a country clergyman.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
  • Creigh told the court the clergyman took no action and did not tell police.
    — Houston Chronicle, 22 May 2018
  • During that time, a group of clergymen wrote an open letter urging him away from protests.
    — Lily Rothman, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
  • The clergyman says that, as a rule, the church has always supported the state.
    — The Economist, 3 Feb. 2018
  • The man opened up about what happened to a clergyman, Dexheimer said.
    — Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2018
  • Kate brought Charlotte over to say hello and thank the clergyman.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 25 Dec. 2019
  • The attack on the clergymen spurred more white people to head to the South and join civil rights protests.
    — al.com, 19 June 2019
  • One of the men was a seminarian at the time, and the others were young clergymen.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The now half-blind priest reacts by brutally beating her in the face, even as the other clergyman urges him to stop.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The committee members, all clergymen, had been summoned to report on the progress of their work.
    — Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
  • Tutivillus, who totted up all the mistakes clergymen made when singing hymns or reciting psalms.
    — JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But the two took very different paths to becoming clergymen.
    — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • The emails, sent from Saints accounts, don’t specify which clergymen were removed from the list or why.
    — Brett Martel, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Mostly, though, the feedback has been positive, say the clergymen.
    — Dan Simon, CNN, 19 June 2017
  • Charlotte, on the other hand, is charmed and quickly develops a crush on the dashing clergyman.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The meat of common carp was held in high esteem and was at one point reserved only for nobility and clergymen.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Cecil was a clergyman and his sister, Linnie, was a laundress in a private home.
    — The Root, 8 Dec. 2017
  • The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner.
    — Becca Martin-Brown, Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2019
  • So Harald Schiffl now speaks on the clergyman's behalf.
    — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
  • But ostentation, in the words of that old American clergyman, is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
    — John Hirschauer, National Review, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Austen was the daughter of a clergyman who didn’t own property of his own and left only a small legacy to his wife and unmarried daughters.
    — Lila Thulin, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The boys help Jake escape and then reach the farm of Tom's Uncle Silas, a clergyman as well as a farmer.
    — arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Among them were doctors, teachers, merchants, clergymen, sailors and skilled artisans.
    — Jeremy Mennis, The Conversation, 1 May 2026
  • The wedding was performed by a prominent Methodist clergyman, not a justice of the peace, Barnes found.
    — Fox News, 14 Mar. 2018
  • That his father was a clergyman, and that Haverford had Quaker connections, did not hurt.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 May 2025
  • The reason for this goes back nearly 400 years, and involves an annoyed French clergyman.
    — Ernie Smith, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Young Palestinian scouts played bagpipes and the crowd snapped pictures as a clergyman held the silver reliquary and marched toward the church.
    — Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Suddenly, what a clergyman was saying was in the headlines everywhere, and so was the box score of commitments to Christ each night.
    — Laurie Goodstein, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • But as long as the clergyman was criticizing Britain, McBride said, it was considered okay.
    — Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The fanfare includes clergymen blessing the fishing boats, plus plenty of music, food, and meet-and-greets with real fishermen.
    — Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026

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