How to Use friar in a Sentence

friar

noun
  • After a few minutes, the friars said goodbye to go greet more souls.
    — Michael Hill, The Seattle Times, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The parson, the pardoner, and friar join in for the fun as well telling their tales.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Yes, a priest or friar will come by each car or bike and bless the deceased’s picture with holy water.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • The post itself shows three photos of the actor posing with priests and friars.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The best scenes touch on the various ways in which the friars try to connect with God.
    — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 22 May 2024
  • The Friars' return to form yielded a fourth-place finish at this year's state meet.
    — Steve Reaven, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2017
  • The building will then go up for sale, and the friars will leave the grounds for the first time in more than 160 years.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The swinging friar of the San Diego Padres is a knock on Catholics?
    — WSJ, 6 Nov. 2016
  • Central won 11-6 to avenge a loss to the Friars in last year's state title game.
    — Paul Johnson, Naperville Sun, 23 May 2017
  • Miller, bald except for a minuscule friar’s ring of fuzz, won in a split decision.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • All the while, the Duke, disguised as a lowly friar, observes from the shadows.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Another curveball came from an order of friars.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There had been 33 friars in the province before the uprising.
    — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Three hundred years ago, the future arrived on foot, clad in the brown robe of a Franciscan friar.
    — Laila Lalami, New York Times, 30 May 2023
  • The friary located on church grounds closed two years ago and neither of the two friars who serve the church today live on the premises.
    — Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There are still 20 friars who live in the convent around the cloister carrying out their duties.
    — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Abbots, friars and monks who refused to acknowledge the royal supremacy were hanged.
    — Allan Massie, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Only the library had survived the friars’ long sleep, though barely; even its soporific dust, felled by time, failed to fly up.
    — Cynthia Ozick, Harper's Magazine, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Referees read the penalty list like medieval friars reading an endless scroll.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Leo is also notable for being the first Augustinian friar to lead the church.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 May 2025
  • The display marks a long saga over the friar’s remains and honors the 800th anniversary of his death.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • To avoid the wedding, Juliet feigns death by drinking a potion supplied by the local friar that puts her into a deep sleep.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
  • At the center is a pond with goldfish and turtles surrounded by olive trees, two large palms and a tree laden with bright oranges that the friars use to make marmalade.
    — ABC News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Then, an Aztec Sahumadora will bring the copal and assist the priest or friar with the copal burning.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • On some heavenly plane, the simple friar from Assisi surely wept as the dam that bore his name gave way, given the cost in human lives.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The only gripe was that early friars failed to foresee that the thick medieval stonework would one day interfere with Wi-Fi.
    — The Economist, 7 Sep. 2019
  • Born Jeanne Bécu, Madame du Barry was the daughter of a seamstress and a friar who were not married.
    — Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Like the church clergy, friars and monks have also experienced dwindling numbers and resources.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Most missions around the world were founded by priests, friars, and nuns, who also set up charities to offer food, shelter, and medical care to refugees.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Dreher, who was close with Vance at the time, introduced him to a group of Dominican friars in Washington.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024

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