How to Use mullah in a Sentence

mullah

noun

• But that path is not with the mullahs.
  — Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
• None of that seemed to give the mullahs in power much of a boost.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• To really save some mullah, do what the kids do these days, and have a pregame at home.
  — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 4 Apr. 2018
• Once the mullah fell to the ground, another person shot him four times in the chest.
  — WSJ, 26 Sep. 2021
• The ones then isolated will be the mullahs in Iran and their proxies.
  — TIME, 20 Feb. 2024
• The future of Iran must be up to the people of Iran, not the mullahs.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
• The mullah crouched beside him and read a prayer, asking for God to show mercy on his soul.
  — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2021
• The opponents of the mullahs are, for now, powerless against them.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2026
• The mullahs are very good at controlling everything around them.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
• The mullahs who ruled in Iran took over during Carter-Mondale.
  — Letters To The Editor, Orange County Register, 2 Oct. 2024
• That’s a welcome message aimed at deterring the mullahs in Tehran and their agents.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
• In Iran, no one except the remnants of the mullahs and the Shah has wanted or wants war.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
• Obama gave millions of dollars in cash on pallets to Iran to sweeten the mullahs.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
• This clear and present danger will concentrate the mullahs’ minds, but only for a limited time.
  — The Editors, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
• Ambassadors and chief justices can also donate with ease, as may rabbis (though not swamis or mullahs).
  — Mark Vanhoenacker, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2011
• The mullahs allowed the Iran-Iraq war to go on for years, leaving hundreds of thousands dead.
  — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
• Iran’s politicians, military men and mullahs then came together to take down the premier.
  — Reuel Marc Gerecht and, WSJ, 11 June 2018
• That would get the doomsday Democrats and the messianic mullahs in Tehran talking.
  — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
• Many mullahs have become, in effect, civil servants in turbans.
  — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
• The words lacked diplomatic subtlety, but the mullahs in Tehran got the message.
  — The Wall Street Journal, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2026
• Look at Spain during Franco or Iran under the mullahs.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 25 May 2026
• The mullahs have thrown billions of dollars at the development of nuclear weapons in good times and bad.
  — Reuel Marc Gerecht, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2018
• This episode of What’s Ahead explains why the mullahs’ getting the bomb would be a disaster for the world.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
• The Chinese and Russians seem perfectly happy to leave the mullahs out to dry.
  — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
• In response, the mullahs shut down the internet, but still the protests continue and grow, and the killing of protesters mounts.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
• The mullah, his feet in shiny leather loafers, hopped out of the vehicle, climbed onto the cargo bed and affixed the flag to the antenna.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
• The mullahs allowed the ruinous Iran-Iraq war to go on for years, leaving hundreds of thousands dead.
  — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
• Some children attend a madrasa, or Islamic school, run by a mullah at a tiny mosque in a nearby settlement.
  — New York Times, 27 Dec. 2020
• Hopefully, under those circumstances, the idea of buying peace at home by making peace abroad would appeal to the mullahs.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 8 June 2018
• One painful irony here is that Iran needs regime change, and nothing would be better for that nation than its people driving the mullahs from power.
  — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026