How to Use nonreligious in a Sentence

nonreligious

adjective
  • He had been raised nonreligious and his wife was raised Jewish.
    — CNN, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Being nonreligious, my sister didn’t know what to do with it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 28 June 2020
  • Being nonreligious, my sister didn’t know what to do with it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Houston Chronicle, 27 June 2020
  • Here, some tips to ensure your own nonreligious wedding goes off without a hitch.
    — Vogue, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The church opens its doors for a range of nonreligious activities.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, baltimoresun.com, 28 Oct. 2019
  • The court ruled that the law against use of peyote applied to all, religions groups and nonreligious groups alike.
    — Mark Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • That’s a mistake, Speed argues, in part because nonreligious people are not all the same.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Critics say the bill is an affront to the separation of church and state that could alienate nonreligious people.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
    — cleveland, 3 May 2020
  • Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious and open to all cultures, races and creeds.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 8 Aug. 2023
  • That calls for equal treatment of religious and nonreligious speech, not preference.
    — Elliot Mincberg, Slate Magazine, 5 May 2017
  • Clubs are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 18 July 2017
  • After her death, Begel found comfort in the Catholic faith after years of being nonreligious.
    — Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Like the nonreligious resolutions, these tended to be all about me, my worshiping and my praying.
    — Judy Knotts, Austin American-Statesman, 9 Apr. 2024
  • About twice as many nonreligious voters as religious voters rate it the most important issue.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Both people of faith and those who are nonreligious can feel uncomfortable with memorial crosses.
    — The Conversation, 20 June 2019
  • That said, for Catholic and nonreligious reader alike, Douthat’s book asks the necessary questions.
    — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Some nonreligious folks also see the church solution as nothing but an excuse for the faithful to proselytize.
    — Ericka Andersen, WSJ, 11 July 2019
  • The country was less diverse, and Americans had yet to push hard for the rights of the nonreligious and religious minorities.
    — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2018
  • First, and consistent with past research, the nonreligious person was trusted less than the religious person.
    — Jordan W. Moon, Quartz, 28 Dec. 2019
  • The funding at issue in the decision was for a nonreligious activity.
    — New York Times, 9 May 2018
  • One part of the family wanted a nonreligious service while the other side wanted a Christian service.
    — Caleb Wilde, The Cut, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Though more Americans identify as nonreligious than ever before, the Bible Belt still lives up to its name in many ways.
    — Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Florida statutes creating the charter school framework also require those schools to be nonreligious.
    — Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • About 70% of all independent schools are nonreligious, while 17% are Catholic.
    — Carol Ferrara, The Conversation, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The number rose to 79 percent among the secular and nonreligious Israelis.
    — Sam Sokol, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Shopkeepers for whom Saturday is their only day off complained that their nonreligious customers — suddenly able to ride to open malls — would desert them.
    — David M. Halbfinger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2020
  • However, atheist churches are an example of how nonreligious Americans are finding new ways to meet those needs.
    — Jacqui Frost, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Darren Higgins, who has a 4-year-old at the school and describes himself as nonreligious, said a compromise at this point would not make much of a difference.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2017
  • Guerra said the church has planted seeds in nonreligious programs, like Cuba Emprende, that support entrepreneurship and run soup kitchens.
    — Orlando Matos, NBC News, 18 Apr. 2024

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