heathen

Example Sentences

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With the passage of centuries, the Eurocentric accounts that depicted Cortés as a heroic “white savior” and Moctezuma as a cowardly heathen have been eclipsed.

From Los Angeles Times

A 9th century account describes the Lindisfarne massacre as nightmarish scenes of blood and trampling and terror, of “heathen men made lamentable havoc.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Trump Tower shimmered in the distance like a mean-spirited heathen God of diseased greed; rapturous and belching out the capitalistic indulgence of America as if in the throes of passion.

From Salon

That justifies viewing others as “heathens,” including the enslaved Blacks and the Native Americans whose land was being taken.

From Seattle Times

“I was looking for the heathens, but there are none,” said Wayne Harris, 75, who had traveled from costal Rockport, Texas.

From New York Times