mainline

Example Sentences

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He used to present as a staid mainline Episcopalian, but now he denounces that church and speaks of being “mauled by demons.”

From Salon

There had been nothing going out on the West Coast mainline and hardly any announcements, she said.

From BBC

The committee said the outreach plan included contacting “mainline Catholic parishes” and the “diocesan leadership.”

From Washington Times

The Catholic Church and some mainline Protestant denominations face similar internal pressures as flocks grow in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

From Washington Post

Both Norfolk Southern’s overall accident rate and its mainline accident rate were higher last year than a decade ago.

From Washington Post