monk

Example Sentences

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“It worked pretty well,” Mac Davis, one of the founders, who is also an ordained Buddhist monk, told me on a video call.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Thich Nhat Hanh, another Vietnamese monk, famously wrote:

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

“The dead return because they remember and because they are remembered,” a monk advises Madame Suman.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Leading the procession has been Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Vietnamese monk whose saffron sash is adorned with sheriff badges from the many counties that have hosted them and secured the roads.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

A thin-faced monk sat behind the brown ox.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat