How to Use televangelist in a Sentence

televangelist

noun
  • The white-haired televangelist was dressed in a sporty blue hoodie and a white baseball cap with a cross design.
    — USA TODAY, 11 May 2018
  • Oral Roberts, named for a televangelist, does not shrink from its identity.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2021
  • This is where the overlap with Osteen-style televangelists is most potent.
    — Emily Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Kapranos is pacing the halls, gee-ing himself up for his big performance as a televangelist leader.
    — Eve Barlow, GQ, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The state has sought to replace the statue with one of the late televangelist Billy Graham.
    — NBC News, 16 Jan. 2021
  • In recent years, Sabry has lodged complaints against actors, televangelists, puppeteers, and pop stars alike.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2018
  • The lawsuit alleges Angley made Miller lie on a bed while the televangelist massaged him.
    — Fox News, 25 Aug. 2018
  • Advertisement Jim Bakker, a televangelist, spent time in prison for fraud.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 29 May 2018
  • Get ready to buckle up and hear about how Jesus is inside you, because that’s just how a musical about televangelists written by a bunch of gay guys is gonna go.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
  • John Oliver spent an entire episode skewering televangelists who get people to send them what adds up to millions and millions of dollars.
    — Gary Levin, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2018
  • But Texas televangelist Gloria Copeland thinks there's nothing to worry about.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • But Texas televangelist Gloria Copeland thinks there’s nothing to worry about.
    — Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Young people may not know there was a televangelist named Jim Bakker, married to a woman named Tammy Faye.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 June 2022
  • Like an ’80s televangelist, Lindell is a pro at exploiting religion to bilk the gullible.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
  • Famed televangelist Jim Bakker went to prison in 1989 for fraud related to church fundraising.
    — Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2022
  • West has even taken Sunday Service on tour these last few months, and plans on making more stops with televangelist Joel Osteen.
    — Paula Rogo, Essence, 26 Dec. 2019
  • By the 1990s, Pat Robertson, the televangelist, had become a key leader of the movement.
    — Linda K. Wertheimer, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
  • The show, which featured sermons and interviews, expanded her reach beyond her congregation and contributed to her emergence as a televangelist.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • For more than a decade now, John has been shepherding a show centered around the life of Tammy Faye Bakker, the late Charlotte-region televangelist.
    — Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But this was Tammy Faye Bakker, the infamous televangelist recognized more for her heavy makeup than the fact that her husband, Jim, stole millions from his own parishioners.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Jerry Falwell, a televangelist and conservative figure, started the school in 1971.
    — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Around the five-and-a-half minute mark of the nearly seven-minute-long diss track, Lamar makes a reference to Osment’s filmography but refers to him as Joel Osteen, the pastor and televangelist.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Swaggart, one of the most influential televangelists of the 20th century, built a global broadcasting ministry and reshaped modern religious media.
    — Bob Mehr, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The Supreme Court affirmed as much in a 1988 ruling involving televangelist Jerry Falwell.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In 2013, her husband Kenneth Copeland, also a televangelist, was criticized when the family's North Texas megachurch found itself at the center of a measles outbreak.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 9 Feb. 2018
  • In 2013, her husband, Kenneth Copeland, also a televangelist, was criticized when the family’s North Texas megachurch found itself at the center of a measles outbreak.
    — Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2018
  • For example, a conservative religious newspaper owned by televangelist Jerry Falwell objected to the festival’s name and mission.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026
  • Its leaders, who include the televangelists Lance Wallnau and Paula White, urge believers to take control of seven spheres of influence in the United States—education, entertainment, media, religion, family, business, and government.
    — Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
  • Tinky Winky, the purple Teletubby who was ensnared in controversy in 1999 when televangelist Jerry Falwell accused it of being gay (and yet rumors still linger on…), led moves with Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po all joining in on the fun.
    — Marc Malkin, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • Jessica Chastain, ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ (2022) Even with a makeup job and wardrobe that grow gaudier through the biopic, Chastain does a heavenly job playing real-life televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

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