How to Use sermon in a Sentence

sermon

noun

• He preached a sermon on the importance of kindness.
• Dad gave me a sermon yesterday about doing my homework.
• Moshfegh doesn’t owe us a tidy sermon in the shape of a novel.
  — Jess Bergman, The New Republic, 22 June 2022
• There’s no Sinai in The High Sierra and no mount from which a sermon is being preached.
  — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The Atlantic, 21 July 2022
• The minister called him to the front of the church after the sermon to introduce him to the lawmaker.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
• And the worst part is most people around me were applauding his garbage sermon.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2023
• The speaker is moved by the religious space more than the sermon delivered in it.
  — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2023
• The sermon needs to be preached, but is anybody listening?
  — Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• In the fall of 2020, Kevin Thompson delivered a sermon about the gentleness of God.
  — New York Times, 9 May 2022
• The day begins with a special prayer service known as salat al-eid followed by a sermon from the imam.
  — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
• George Mason, who had been in his role since 1989, had his last sermon as pastor this past spring.
  — Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2022
• The sermon is meant to inspire people in their ordinary lives of faith.
  — Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 6 July 2023
• Karen Bak listened patiently to the Advent sermon, then held up her hands for the Lord’s Prayer.
  — Ariel Zambelich, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2024
• During the sermon, mother and daughter-in-law held tight to each other’s hand.
  — Alison Cross, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2023
• It was programmed with Christian talk shows and sermons, but mixed in classic TV shows.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
• The sermon that morning had been about how just one word can often make a difference.
  — cleveland, 26 Dec. 2022
• The Dallas Morning News obtained video of the Aug. 5 performance, which ran for about two hours, and the brief sermon that followed.
  — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2022
• After the sermon and a couple of hymns, the priest read the names of each of the lost children and teachers as memorial candles were lit for each of them.
  — Claire Bryan, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2022
• The next day, Dale and Lake went to church, and the pastor delivered a sermon that might as well have been speaking directly to Lake.
  — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2022
• The truth is often told through one Sunday sermon or barbershop at a time.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2022
• As the fire roared into the sky in front of the house, Acosta delivered an impromptu sermon on justice straight from the Bible.
  — Rory Feehan, SPIN, 9 Nov. 2023
• Warnock’s sermon had lines that would not be out of place at a political rally.
  — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2022
• In his sermon, the pope told his listeners that old age was a time when Christians must learn to accept the help of others — even in the basic tasks of day to day life.
  — Fox News, 22 June 2022
• Although each branch campus has its own pastor and praise band, the sermons are livestreamed to the branch locations from the main campus at Grants Mill Road.
  — Greg Garrison | , al, 6 Sep. 2023
• Soon, another man stepped on top of a sidewalk stone barrier and began to give an off-the-cuff sermon.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• The day usually starts with a special prayer service at the mosque, known as salat al-eid, followed by a sermon delivered by the imam.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
• At the end of the night, the 56-year-old sat at her kitchen table reading her Bible, preparing to give a radio sermon the next day, family and friends said.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• So did Chen, who translated the funeral sermon from Chinese to English and brought Kao’s old friends to tears.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Members of the wedding party read passages of scripture and the pastor delivered a short sermon prior to the vows.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2023
• The sermon will then be given by the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
  — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024