gentile

Example Sentences

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In Platt’s highly physical interpretation, he is scrunched and sickly looking, as if literally oppressed by the gentile society around him.

From New York Times

A former rabbi from a long line of rabbis, Mr. Mason made comic capital as a Jew feeling his way — sometimes nervously, sometimes pugnaciously — through a perplexing gentile world.

From New York Times

A former rabbi from a long line of rabbis, Mason made comic capital as a Jew feeling his way — sometimes nervously, sometimes pugnaciously — through a perplexing gentile world.

From Seattle Times

“Everybody here is pretty close, Jew and gentile alike.”

From Washington Post

In massing together so many different experiences — including the distinct experiences of white Jews and white gentiles — the system treats unlike cases alike.

From New York Times