How to Use orthodox in a Sentence

orthodox

1 of 2 adjective
  • He took an orthodox approach to the problem.
  • She believes in the benefits of both orthodox medicine and alternative medicine.
  • He is a very orthodox Muslim.
  • I attend an Eastern Orthodox church.
  • My grandmother is Russian Orthodox.
  • Garcia bent his knees, and locked into an orthodox stance in front of the stylists.
    — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Orthodox leaders did not buy it.
    — Joshua Shanes, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
  • It could be argued, though, that Chelsea need a more orthodox number nine.
    — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • The height and reach is generally the same for the two orthodox stance fighters.
    — Joe Williams, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 1 Nov. 2019
  • More orthodox members of the faith do not drive or light a stove, though tasks like cooking are permitted.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The threat then is less likely to be from long-distance waves, but from a more orthodox type of nuclear blast.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Trump’s most orthodox supporters learned not to trust the government long ago.
    — Fergus McIntosh, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
  • This is the orthodox paddock view of intra-team title battles.
    — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • These films were about a solo hero - larger-than-life and one that mostly sticks to the orthodox traditions.
    — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Crawford came out in an orthodox stance, but switched to southpaw midway through the first round and fought that way for the duration.
    — Eric Olson, ajc, 11 Dec. 2022
  • For many years, he was considered a more orthodox communist than his brother.
    — Star Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Her mother was very orthodox and concealed the truth so that her daughter’s body—her body—could be buried in accordance with the rules.
    — Artem Chapeye, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2022
  • O’Malley switched to orthodox and both continued to land well with a cut opening up over Khashakyan’s left eye.
    — Grant Gordon, Glendale News-Press, 18 July 2017
  • All this demonstrates that the mainstream, orthodox position on growth and economic health is a sham.
    — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 16 Nov. 2021
  • Bishops and priests often challenged texts that did not conform with what became orthodox doctrine.
    — Christy Cobb, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Less orthodox, but more influential in the long run, is the notion of projection.
    — Adam Kuper, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
  • He was forced to reject this belief or face charges of heresy, a belief contrary to orthodox religious doctrine.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Here's a reform rabbi that's working hard getting on board to raise money to build an orthodox synagogue.
    — Jessica Boehm, azcentral, 23 Mar. 2018
  • After all, there aren't many movies of this particular flavor that are set in the world of orthodox Judaism.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
  • But the idea that these New England sites were ancient remnant forest flew in the face of orthodox thinking.
    — Jonny Diamond, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Their dwindling numbers in part tell a tale of how orthodox religious rules have clashed with an early and rapid embrace of modern values.
    — New York Times, 3 Oct. 2021
  • While Sana argued with the police in the street, the ultra-orthodox settlers rampaged through the library.
    — Ryan Byrnes, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The memoir is candid yet soaked in denial, a cautionary tale of orthodox Good Girlism.
    — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2021
  • In the world of The Leftovers, new cults fill in the cracks of orthodox Christianity.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 6 June 2017
  • The book’s last chapter focuses on the Chabad, one of the most orthodox Jewish movements.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022

orthodox

2 of 2 noun
  • Orthodox devotees string votives around an icon of the Virgin, praying for fertility or a healing miracle.
    — Helen Iatrou, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 June 2025
  • As an observant orthodox Jew, Leob was not permitted to use technology.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The fascinating modern historic events there now were instigated by an unorthodox president who may be about to accomplish what orthodox leaders never could.
    — Andrew Malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2018
  • The decision was seen by many as supportive of central-bank autonomy while bringing an orthodox although sometimes critical voice to the bank’s policy-setting board.
    — Juan Montes, WSJ, 8 Oct. 2018
  • The once ultra-orthodox are loosening their ideologies, facilitated by Facebook groups, podcasts, websites, and meet-ups.
    — Sarah Scoles, Longreads, 8 June 2018
  • Carl Anka Trent Alexander-Arnold’s England career is a fascinating case study in why team sports can prefer the orthodox to the mavericks.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • Soon, all of our characters begin to learn that something strange is happening in Tall Pines and that the methodology at Tall Pines Academy is far from orthodox.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Trump promises not just to reverse almost immediately all of Obama’s policies, but to do so in a pragmatic fashion that does not seem to be guided by any orthodox or consistently conservative ideology.
    — Victor Davis Hanson, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2017
  • Adding physicality out of possession — through orthodox or unorthodox methods — will give Brighton a greater margin for error in this Premier League landscape and a platform for their in-possession qualities to shine.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • Generally speaking, the Jewish community can be divided up into three types of affiliation-orthodox, conservative and reform.
    — Patricia Dillon, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2018
  • Advertisement The orthodox and authoritarian left in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela has, in many ways, sabotaged and delayed the renewal of the Latin American left.
    — Carlos Manuel Alvarez, Time, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Just as pragmatic liberals pursue piecemeal reforms and orthodox Marxists hold out for the proletarian revolution, the lodestar of the PowerPoint left is ideological realignment.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 24 May 2021
  • The debate stems from a November 19 event at Park East Synagogue, a modern orthodox congregation on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Palm Sunday in 2026 will be March 29, and is observed in celebration of Jesus’s entry into Jerusalem, a triumph depicted in the Christian orthodox tradition.
    — Matthew Kayser, Ascend Agency, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Advertisement All of this Mormon pop culture has helped to create an impression of a religion comparable to, say, Catholicism, with adherents ranging from orthodox to casual and a history of covering up abuse that has stained its establishment without fundamentally discrediting its belief system.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Christian nationalists believe broadly in the orthodox and theological beliefs of Christianity, Andrew Whitehead, an associate professor of sociology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, previously told USA TODAY.
    — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025

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