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How to use protestant in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, noun

Protestant means protesting. Example: “His superiors became impatient and then protestant.”

Examples of protestant by meaning

adjectiveProtesting.

  • His superiors became impatient and then protestant.1919, Henry B[lake] Fuller, “Cope Again in the Country”, in Bertram Cope’s Year: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Ralph Fletcher Seymour, The...
  • Her sense of desolation, the knowledge that for some reason, God alone knew why, she loved him, made her for a moment protestant.1932, Graham Greene, Stamboul Train, Penguin, published 1963, Part 4, Chapter 4, p. 191

More sentences with protestant

  • Unfortunately, that very ethos is challenged by division and factionalism that could put protestants to shame.2024 January 11, Kelvin Holdsworth, “What’s really happening to the churches in Scotland”, in Thurible.net. From the entry charism
  • Protestant chromoclasm, whether Lutheran or Calvinist, involved the church and the worship service first of all.2019, Michel Pastoureau, tr. Jody Gladding, Yellow: The History of a Color, page 140. From the entry chromoclasm
  • Protestant poets, however, wishing to proselytize, shunned esotericism and emphasized revelation rather than concealment.1987, S. K. Heninger Jr., “Words and Meter in Spenser and Scaliger”, in The Huntington Library Quarterly, volume 50, number 3, page 311. From the entry suasiveness
  • I have stated that some of our protestant writers are muddled.1927, Money Writes!, page 119. From the entry muddlement
  • Went to a protestant church only on Christmas and Easter.2016, Ted Haynie, Ted's Shorts: One Man's Thoughts, page 310. From the entry Cheaster
  • They say they used to give pauper children soup to change to protestants in the time of the potato blight.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry potato blight
  • Protestants, who, considering the present Government, Catholic and clerical, think themselves obliged to hostilize it and make propaganda against it.1903, United States Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States, page 298. From the entry hostilize
  • Protestants always end up in the conservatory, his aunt used to say, getting the last bit of free heat until the glass fell in.1979, Eilis Dillon, “The Turning”, in TriQuarterly, volume 46. From the entry down home
  • In the protoecumenical world of the late 19th century, it seems to me, American protestants in particular were in general agreement concerning the tasks of church work.1978, Appalachian Notes, volume 6, numbers 1-4, page 51. From the entry protoecumenical

Meaning of protestant

  1. adjective Protesting.
  2. noun One who protests; a protester.

Full definition of protestant

Questions about protestant in a sentence

How do you use protestant in a sentence?
Protestant is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “His superiors became impatient and then protestant.”
What is a short sentence with protestant?
“His superiors became impatient and then protestant.”
What does protestant mean?
Protestant means protesting.

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