missionary

Example Sentences

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One key priority is rescuing an American missionary, Kevin Rideout, who was snatched in October in the Nigerien capital Niamey and is believed to be held in Mali by the Islamic State's Sahel branch.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The author also reveals the desperate conditions that beset Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, and the two Americans who were driven by their religious faith to serve the same missionary hospital.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

My grandpa retired at 70 after working as a missionary for most of his life and later at a national laboratory.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 24, 2026

He was a ghoulish host of a late-night television horror program in the 2005 vampire movie “The Roost,” then played a wagon-train missionary in the 2007 western “Seraphim Falls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

I watched the little woman, dressed in black like a missionary, winding her way through the crowd.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison