parson

Example Sentences

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He spoke with the easy grace of a country parson, but no fire and brimstone emanated from his pulpit as he calmly but bracingly recounted what he said was his mother’s family history.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021

Roy is mirrored in turn by the later appearance of another parson, Preston Teagardin, played by Robert Pattinson with the same lip-smacking comic flamboyance he recently brought to “The King.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2020

In chapter 36, Lucy arrives at the home of a priggish parson, whose wife is desperately ill with typhoid.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2020

In a dreary Yankee prison, the rebel confronts his mortal fate before a parson.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2018

“Won’t you help my daughters?” the parson asked, down on his knees at the Apothecary’s front door.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness