How to Use nonbeliever in a Sentence

nonbeliever

noun
  • None of that means anything to nonmembers, nonbelievers who think all of this is a bunch of baloney.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
  • And, the church hopes, perhaps even nonbelievers who are curious about the faith will watch.
    — New York Times, 13 Oct. 2019
  • Such processions draw the faithful as well as droves of nonbelievers and tourists.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • Would a truly loving God send nonbelievers to hell, even those who have never heard the gospel?
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Barr comes close to denying the rights of nonbelievers to express their disbelief.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • There’s evidence that nonbelievers are willing to pay more for beach houses.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2019
  • Victor, a nonbeliever among the faithful in this story built around the theme of choice, is not wrong to use a military metaphor.
    — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But, sometimes a nonbeliever just needs to hear a convincing story from the right person.
    — refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Our pastors and leaders told us that nonbelievers in the world would mistreat us, insult us and even persecute us.
    — Robb Ryerse, Time, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Westwood's ability to inspire even the most nonbelievers of the power of fashion has served her well for decades.
    — refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
  • For nonbelievers, candles and statues may seem like silly vessels for hopes, especially when the stakes are so high.
    — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 20 June 2018
  • Award-winning writer and young-adult author Jason Reynolds aims his books at the nonbelievers.
    — Alexandra Rockey Fleming, PEOPLE.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But in reality, those arrested were deemed kafirs, or nonbelievers.
    — Vera Mironova, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2017
  • When Hegseth tries to don the armor of a warrior priest, the result is a rancid mess that should offend believers and nonbelievers alike.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Some objectors are nonbelievers, some are Christian but not devout, some are, like me, Jewish.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In my experience, nonbelievers are no less loving of their neighbors than believers.
    — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2019
  • The Framers believed that free government was suitable for believers and nonbelievers alike.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2019
  • This is most apparent when watching Thomas interact with his family, a clan of nonbelievers.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The enduring challenge for any activist is both to dream of almost-unimaginable justice and to make the case to nonbelievers that your dreams are practical.
    — Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The title offers up his flippant response to nonbelievers who’ve attempted to discredit him, both in the beginning of his career and now.
    — Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
  • In recent years, only a small handful of members of Congress have identified themselves as nonbelievers.
    — David Crary, The Seattle Times, 11 Sep. 2018
  • Deadpool & Wolverine is for hard-core fans of superhero films, not casuals—and certainly not the nonbelievers.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 23 July 2024
  • The poll found that 19% of those who believe climate is warming use alternatives to driving, compared to 7% of the nonbelievers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2019
  • The establishment clause is meant to protect everyone, including, by the way, nonbelievers and atheists.
    — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Seated in a circle around her, their faces lit by a crackling campfire, 20 nonbelievers listened with reverent attention.
    — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In that case, a jury found last year that the border towns that form the sect’s home base denied nonbelievers police protection, building permits and water hookups on the basis of religion.
    — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Why don’t religious people make similar allowances for nonbelievers?
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
  • They had been told that they were being questioned only in order to segregate the prison wards according to believers and nonbelievers and their affiliations.
    — Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
  • Outside, among the nonbelievers, generations of questions and myths have swirled around Garcia and the two apostles before him — his father and grandfather.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 June 2019
  • But this also opens up to the Fins an historically unique stage on which to preen, dance and otherwise declare themselves to the doubters (or to pratfall as those same nonbelievers smugly nod).
    — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 25 Oct. 2017

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