gentile
Example Sentences
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Want to watch a Jewish guy and a gentile woman humorously navigate their relationship?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
“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
Apparently tipped off to their presence, the Germans raided the school in 1943 on the Christian feast of Pentecost, when gentile students were likely to be home with their families.
From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022
A gentile was more conspicuous in Kazimierz than in the central part of the city we had lived in.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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