evangelical

variants also evangelic

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of evangelical The same holds for evangelical Christians. Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025 South Korea’s far-right movement, especially evangelical Christians and Yoon supporters, sees him as a victim of communist persecution. Reuters, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025 Turnstile is in keeping with that spirit, but in an evangelical rather than monastic way. Chris R. Morgan, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025 Dobson founded the influential Focus on the Family evangelical group in the 1970s, advised five presidents and hosted a weekly radio show that was broadcast by 1,500 stations with half a million listeners at its peak. Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evangelical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evangelical
Adjective
  • The book is narrated by a young journalist, interviewing an elderly woman about her life as a missionary teacher in 1930s Jaffa.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The governor and first lady Maria Lee, both devout Christians, have been involved in missionary work and have helped refugees in the Nashville area.
    Kelly Puente, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite being the first voice in nearly every emergency, dispatchers are often classified as clerical staff instead of first responders.
    Jason Truppi, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rowland wrote these tunes surrounded by that pastoral beauty.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The answer isn’t to toggle back and forth between going all out and retreating into pastoral fantasies, but to recognize that for everything, there is a season.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Landau, in Seoul for a Korea-US vice foreign ministerial meeting, said that the 316 South Koreans who returned home Friday on a chartered jet after being detained in Georgia will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US, according to South Korea’s foreign ministry.
    Nino Paoli, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2025
  • The plaintiffs claim his acts denied access to justice, violated ministerial duties and undermined the public’s trust.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 20 June 2025
  • The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.
    CNN.com, Mercury News, 20 June 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Evangelical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evangelical. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on evangelical

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!