evangelist

Example Sentences

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Fred’s boss is a man of “slightly unhinged intensity,” whom Fred has seen, more than once, “weep on cue, before the entire district, like a fund-raising evangelist.”

From The Wall Street Journal

None of Dr. Drake’s colleagues at Cornell University, including Carl Sagan, the famed evangelist of extraterrestrial life, could completely decipher it.

From New York Times

Mr. Cameron appeared Saturday with evangelist Franklin Graham to read his first children’s book, “As You Grow,” a Christian-themed work that “teaches kids how to grow in wisdom through the fruit of the spirit.”

From Washington Times

Mr. Cameron said he was honored to be invited to read at the Billy Graham Library, named after the famed evangelist who died in 2018 at age 99.

From Washington Times

Among its patrons was actor Yul Brynner, who became something of an evangelist for the cuisine, promoting it to others in his circle.

From Los Angeles Times