Examples of pastor in a Sentence
Jim Riccioli, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
Two-thirds of Black voters oppose further American aid to Israel according to Quinnipiac polling, and at the end of January more than 1,000 Black pastors issued a public statement pressuring the White House to do more to secure a ceasefire.
—Douglas Schoen, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
This week, for example, Bakery Four is offering al pastor rolls, pasta and sandwiches as lunch specials.
—Lily O'Neill, The Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2024
The pastor’s sermons don’t address the politics of the migrant situation directly.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
Recently, a group of more than 1,000 Black pastors issued a demand that the Biden Administration push Israel to curb its military campaign.
—Devan Schwartz, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
For me, the superior twist on a gameday staple was the al pastor burger ($16, Pagoda Plaza stand).
—The Indianapolis Star, 28 Mar. 2024
Earlier this week, Rev. Greg Lewis, an assistant pastor at St. Gabriel's Church of God In Christ in Milwaukee, physically carried one of his parishioners to the polls inside the city's Midtown early voting center to cast a ballot in Wisconsin's upcoming Democratic primary.
—Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
The church's pastor, Greg Locke, said in a statement posted on Facebook, that the church's security cameras were able to capture a man reportedly dropping off the trailer before setting it ablaze.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2024
Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
My call there is to work hard to pastor it as a parish, but also to send out the message of the unity of the church of all parishes under the archbishop.
—Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2023
During the pandemic, Dwight Mosley, who pastors a church in neighboring DeSoto County, helped run a drive-thru food pantry at an arena in Tunica County where long lines of cars showed how many families were overwhelmed.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 19 July 2023
Kirchharr later left the company to pastor a church, and Dustin Kilgore, a former Monroeville firefighter who had learned the ropes from Kirchharr, became the production manager.
—Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2021
Two Norwegian couples heading the San Pedro site returned home earlier this year, and Berg, who had arrived from Norway in the summer of 2019 to pastor a sister church in San Francisco, now splits his time between the two locales.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English pastour, from Anglo-French, from Latin pastor herdsman, from pascere to feed — more at food
Noun (2)
Spanish, from Latin
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1623, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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