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• In his sermon, the minister didn’t try to whitewash over the sins of his church.From the entry whitewash
• A sidewalk preacher gave an impassioned sermon while an assistant leafleted those who stayed to listen.From the entry leaflet
• He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.From the entry collect
• The esteemed reverend will enlighten us with a sermon on reconciliation.From the entry reverend
• The sermon was full of hackneyed phrases and platitudes.From the entry hackneyed
• His actions were compatible with his sermons.From the entry compatible
• That preacher gave a real fire and brimstone sermon!From the entry fire and brimstone
• The vicar delivered a fulminous sermon.From the entry fulminous
• During his sermon Merritt drew from the scriptural passage at 2 Cor. 12:7-10.2017 March 31, Arlene Edmonds, “Local churches host Howard choir”, in AP News, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2023. From the entry Third Heaven
• When the title of the sermon flashed on the projection screen, I couldn't breathe.2016, Reba Riley, Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome. From the entry worshippy
• After the sermon is finished, everyone leaves to visit family and friends.2015, Kathleen Tracy, Islamic Culture in the Middle East in Perspective (World Cultures in Perspective), Hockessin, De.: Mitchell Lane…. From the entry Eid al-Fitr
• I'm thinking I'm in for a sermon on decaffeinated redbush, or the antioxidant properties of organic camomile.2014, Paula Daly, Keep Your Friends Close. From the entry redbush
• Angrily I ask the spokeslady if she could tell me what the sermon was about.2010, George Pontius, Grace over the Long Run. From the entry spokeslady
• Godcasting is downloading sermons or church messages to the faithful via iPods.2007, James B. Twitchell, Shopping for God: How Christianity Went from In Your Heart to In Your Face, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 285. From the entry godcasting
• The theologian Abbo of Fleury recalled a premillennial sermon in his youth which did precisely this.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry millennial
• Wulfstan' corruscating sermon has come down to us in written form.1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000…. From the entry corruscating
• The very cartoons of the popular press preach us sermons on usage.1985, The English Language Today, Pergamon Press, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry becoated
• His eyes began to glow and his voice took on the throatiness he used in sermons.1952, John Steinbeck, chapter 43, in East of Eden, New York: Viking, published 1986, page 633. From the entry throatiness
• I sat through the sermon, and the offertory, and the recessional.1922, Upton Sinclair, They Call Me Carpenter. From the entry offertory
• Metseydi had been drawing increasing crowds with sermons that condemned the government’s religious restrictions, most pointedly on head coverings.2013 August 26, Andrew Jacobs, “Over News of Clash, a Shroud of Silence in Xinjiang”, in New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry Hanerik
• "Ever heard a Terry sermon?" Delaine wanted to know.2010, Deborah Kinnard, Aloha, My Love, Desert Breeze Publishing In, →ISBN. From the entry groaner
• The Action Sermon is quite simply, then, the eucharistic sermon.2008, Duncan B. Forrester, Doug Gay, Worship and Liturgy in Context, scm Press, page 88. From the entry action
• By then, hundreds of pastors, priests, and rabbis were routinely distributing their sermons via iTunes in a phenomenon someone dubbed "godcasting."2006, Steven Levy, The Perfect Thing: How the iPod Shuffles Commerce, Culture, and Coolness, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 247. From the entry godcasting
• Select a peppier sermon from among hundreds of "godcasts" online.2006 May 16, Stephanie Simon, “God's Call Comes by Cellphone”, in w:Los Angeles Times. From the entry godcast
• Hex's sermon clearly shows a lack of predicatory features, although, according to the colophon, the preacher himself wrote it.2004, Georgiana Donavin, Cary J. Nederman, Richard J. Utz, Speculum Sermonis, page 299. From the entry predicatory
• Despite growing Puritan disapproval of play-acting, vehemently expressed in sermons and pamphlets, Charles's court was famous for its amateur theatricals.2003, Rebecca Fraser, The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History, New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company…. From the entry play-acting
• I expected the best from his sermon.1999 September 22, Joe Murray, “On the Road: Right at home at the First Baptist”, in Longview News-Journal, page 2A, columns 4–5. From the entry emeritus
• Of course, this little antiastrology sermon is being preached to the converted; most literate readers disdain astrology already.1992, Lawrence B. Slobodkin, Simplicity and complexity in games of the intellect, page 10. From the entry antiastrology
• Suggest a sermon or presentation on an appropriate topic such as "Accept Your Age,” or “Overcoming Age Fright."1988, Dorothea Marvin Nyberg, Life Support, page 137. From the entry age fright
• His voice was monotonous and jerky, but his sermons were sane, and after the bald inconsequences of Howley even eloquent.1966, Owen Chadwick, The Victorian Church, volume 1, page 452. From the entry inconsequence
• I recollect one time you give a whole sermon walkin' around on your hands, yellin' your head off.1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, page 20. From the entry meeting
• The stilted sentences of his written sermon seemed no longer worth the agony of descending that abyss of surge to rescue.1923, Compton Mackenzie, “The First Sermon”, in The Parson’s Progress, London; New York, N.Y.: Cassell and Company, →OCLC, page 23. From the entry stilted
• They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 39”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry deck
• Too many sermons merely warm over our emotions.1911 October, George Parkin Atwater, “The Ministry: An Over-Crowded Profession”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 108, number 4, Boston…. From the entry warm over
• He said he was in the middle of his sermon when he noticed a couple of members of his church escort the man out.2025 January 26, Priscilla Alvarez, Rosa Flores, “Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz”, in CNN…. From the entry tucker
• "Got to go, boys," he said, interrupting an impassioned sermon by the scoop driver about the lineage of the University of Louisville's quarterback.2014, Ninie Hammon, Black Sunshine. From the entry scoop driver
• But are the sermons total myths?2012, George Caffentzis, In Letters of Blood and Fire, page 30. From the entry Polonius
• Hegel is averse to moralism, yes, that is true; that is, he is averse to sermons, to ingenuous scandalizings, to the charlatanry of professional morality.2006, Luigi Luzzatti, God in Freedom: Studies in the Relations Between Church and State. From the entry scandalizing
• Sermon being done, how are you?2005, Lord Henry Cockburn Cockburn, Alan S. Bell, Lord Cockburn: Selected Letters, page 111. From the entry wellish
• There are churchlike or synagoguelike chapels and leaders who deliver Sunday sermons, perform pastoral duties, and conduct "services," though without prayer to a deity.1991 September, Paul Kurtz, “The Two Humanisms in Conflict: Religious vs. Secular”, in Free Inquiry, volume 11, number 4, page 49. From the entry churchlike

Meaning of sermon

1. noun Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
2. noun A lengthy speech of reproval.
3. verb To discourse to or of, as in a sermon.

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How do you use sermon in a sentence?

Sermon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In his sermon, the minister didn’t try to whitewash over the sins of his church.”

What is a short sentence with sermon?

“But are the sermons total myths?”

What does sermon mean?

Sermon means religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.