How to Use gospel in a Sentence

gospel

noun
  • Jazz, soul, funk, gospel, rock and roll.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Black gospel found me, and hasn’t left me since.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Preaching the gospel more than them all.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 56.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The score is bold and eclectic, with gospel, jazz, rock, blues, and punk.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 10 June 2023
  • Perhaps such a gospel could flood the nation.
    — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
  • Anyone selling it as gospel has not read the small print.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • The figure is a useful flare, not gospel.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
  • Georgia taught me the love of God and the love of the gospel word.
    — Jack Irvin, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Henry turned off that new gospel to leave purely the sound of the mitts.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Hip-hop, jazz, and gospel didn’t merely rub elbows in his songs.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
  • There’s also gospel in the household.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Nearly every seat in the church was filled, the air thick with grief and gospel.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The gospel spread after the death of Jesus.
    — Amy Stephens, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
  • And not just any book—a flawed American gospel.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The gospel music world is mourning the loss of a giant.
    — Sharon Lawson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Elvis was always mixing white and Black gospel.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Polls cannot divine the future and should not be treated as gospel truth.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Charlotte will soon take center stage in the gospel music world.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But these guidelines should not be taken as gospel, experts said.
    — Melinda Wenner Moyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Their gospel music isn’t overtly about God.
    — Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Sometimes that battle is filtered through songs that sound like show tunes or gospel hymns.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
  • Wilburn also has a background in gospel music.
    — Mars Salazar, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Mahalia Jackson, the gospel singer, said, well, tell them about the dream.
    — Nikole Killion, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • But an unspoken gospel lingers throughout the book.
    — Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Country-gospel singer Cristy Lane is 86.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
  • For decades, salting eggplant was treated as gospel.
    — Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Gospel singer Israel Houghton is 55.
    — ABC News, 11 May 2026
  • This also will be the first time a gospel group will perform for a coronation.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • In one of its later choruses, Williams is joined by a gospel choir.
    — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2023

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