How to Use congregation in a Sentence

congregation

noun

• The priest addressed the congregation.
• She is a member of a small congregation.
• Settle tells the congregation, his voice rising in anger.
  — Tyrone Beasonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2022
• Kaleka said his father died trying to protect the congregation.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 5 Aug. 2022
• Payment for the property was used to construct the congregation's current church that sits about a mile away from the original site.
  — Jacquelyne Germain, CNN, 7 Aug. 2022
• In the autumn, the congregation’s fellowship committee staged its meal that brought visitors far and wide.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2022
• Ham And Noodle Casserole is sure to fill up every member of the congregation.
  — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2024
• At some point in the past 30 years or so, Zion began recruiting singers from other congregations to keep the chorus strong.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 4 Dec. 2024
• Morgan asked people to pray for Trump and those killed and injured in the shooting, and asked the congregation to pray for the family of the shooter.
  — NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
• After a century in Newport, though, the congregation had grown large enough to warrant a synagogue.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
• To raise money, the congregation is selling Christmas tamales and hosting a tamale-making class on Friday.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
• Father Fedak’s congregation dwindled to a handful of parishioners, but lately attendance at Mass has swelled with soldiers.
  — Alan Cullison, WSJ, 31 July 2022
• After a hair-raising foray into the jungle, the congregation established a new settlement named Hebron.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• And the very next day, some members of the congregation were there when it was blessed.
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2023
• The congregation sang The Lord’s My Shepherd, said to be one of the queen’s favorite hymns.
  — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
• As the church and Birmingham evolve and change, Price said the congregation must move outside the four walls of the church and serve.
  — Williesha Morris | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2023
• The congregation, in hats and finery, make room for me on their pews.
  — Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
• While most of the congregation had to wait two years for the Christmas starring, some had to wait longer.
  — Theo Greenly, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Jan. 2023
• By then, 40 percent of the congregation had died of the disease.
  — James Estrin Liam Stack, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
• Other snaps from the service showed the twins reading from the Torah and sitting with their mom in the front row of the congregation.
  — Raven Brunner, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
• Since then, the building has been moved twice and has served four congregations.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2023
• Grade the premiere below, then join the congregation in the comments to share your thoughts.
  — Mandi Bierly, TVLine, 16 June 2024
• The congregation raised a lot of money in the Depression years.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 29 July 2023
• The Sunday after the verdict, my pastor called all the Black men in the congregation up to the altar and prayed for their safety.
  — Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• The congregation invited the teens to meet there, and has given them snacks and art supplies.
  — Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• As the care packages are handed out, the congregation hollers and applauds.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
• The congregation wasn’t there to commemorate the death of the 35th President of the United States.
  — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
• Wulf’s congregation has been out of its historic home since Feb. 1, the pastor said.
  — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Some of the victims were also members of Dor Hadash and New Light, the other two congregations in the building.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 16 June 2023
• Then, after the FBI searches his home, the congregation learns the truth: Mac was planning to murder them.
  — Malala Yousafzai, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2023

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