prophet

Example Sentences

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It is set at a biographical turning point: 1147, when Hildegard’s transcribed visions were submitted to the pope, who would declare her either a prophet or a heretic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Hours earlier, AFP reporters met a man who introduced himself as a prophet, Stephen Benson Nundu.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

Bloggers passed on their latest favorites like a prophet in the town square, coming in from the online wilderness of music piracy’s heyday with new tracks that could change your life.

From Salon • Nov. 7, 2025

What Peck found wasn’t a prophet or a symbol but a man full of contradictions: a writer wrestling with class, illness and empire, trying to fuse politics and art before his own time ran out.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

They were passing through Cobbler's Square, where a sizable crowd had gathered beneath the leather awnings to listen to the rantings of a prophet.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin