gentile

Example Sentences

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A rabbi and a gentile who fall in love?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2024

“We reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jul. 3, 2023

As he crossed the goal line, Singleton slowed to a gentile walk, barely leapt off the ground to chest-bump a teammate and lightly tossed the ball to an official.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2022

This wine is a blend of vernaccia, trebbiano gentile and malvasia bianca, grown on ancient sea beds that are now Tuscan hillsides, providing a minerally saline complexity.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022

As my mother and I walked together, I could imagine my gentile friends nearby, still going to school, still playing the streetcar game, but I did not lift my eyes even for a quick peek.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson