How to Use seminarian in a Sentence

seminarian

noun
  • And fellow seminarians with the same blood type came every day to give blood.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024
  • One of the men was a seminarian at the time, and the others were young clergymen.
    — Sam Roberts, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The seminarian said the diocese later paid for his schooling and gave him a free vehicle.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • And the Gowanus Dredgers canoe club — the folks who took the seminarians out paddling — want more put-in spots.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2017
  • His tortellini en brodo, like in broth, evidently was a big hit with all the seminarians.
    — Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The seminarians were visited overnight by the royal trio, leaving new soccer balls for them.
    — Elaine Ayala, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Jan. 2018
  • One of the four new seminarians - Matthew Gomez, 27, was born right here in Hialeah.
    — Bea L. Hines, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
  • The witness is a seminarian with the Chaldean Catholic Church.
    — Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • McCarrick said as young Haitian seminarians were shown milling about.
    — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, 28 Aug. 2018
  • Eight seminarians carried the casket into the chapel, and the group followed to begin the vigil.
    — Michael Democker, NOLA.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The table full of seminarians who were downing pints in a local Irish pub Thursday night must have been thrilled.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Working with Coughlin are seminarians who are members of his mission group.
    — Ken Byron, courant.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Two seminarians who had been jailed were also included in the prisoner release.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Just the other day, a Nigerian seminarian was burned alive as his rectory was attacked.
    — Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Nazareth’s name is an ode to Jesus Christ’s hometown since seminarians like Sand will live near their families.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Timothy Benson plays a young seminarian who comes to study with the priest and calls him out on his sloppy passionless theology.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Along with other seminarians, Kerr helped run a summer arts and recreation program for Overtown children.
    — Howard Cohen, miamiherald, 13 June 2017
  • King began complaining to Bevel that the young seminarian was too ambitious.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Two years later, as a seminarian, he was drafted into the military, first assigned to an antiaircraft unit and later to the infantry.
    — Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The higher-end accommodation subsidises the scrimp-and-save seminarians bunking down on the meeting-room floors.
    — The Economist, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The unidentified seminarian in Tennessee was not Saldana, a priest who worked in Texas.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 4 June 2021
  • No seminarian studying canon law can cite case studies in preparing his thesis about how the Catholic Church has responded to the abuse scandal.
    — Nicole Winfield, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Dec. 2019
  • Satin, who was raised in a family deeply rooted in Catholicism and even spent some time as a teenage seminarian, was determined to silence her identity struggles.
    — Susan Miller, USA TODAY, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Talarico, meanwhile, is a 36-year-old seminarian with the bedside manner of a Sunday school teacher.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
  • Not that Talarico, a progressive seminarian, likes to see the social-media drama that’s arisen as primary day gets closer.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Their home became a hip gathering spot for graduate students, and Hester was grooming young seminarians such as King and Haynes.
    — Meghan E. Irons, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2018
  • News of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's abuse of seminarians drove it even closer to home for future priests.
    — Matt Sedensky, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2020
  • The group also includes Bishop Isidoro Mora, 15 priests and two seminarians.
    — José De Córdoba, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2024
  • As rector in the 1970s he was known for his prayerfulness, insightful and practical wisdom and genuine love for the seminarians.
    — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Among those who have called for Malone’s resignation is the former dean of seminarians at the diocese’s Christ the King Seminary.
    — Fortune, 4 Dec. 2019

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