Example sentences for: reverend

How can you use “reverend” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Your article on the Reverend Walter W. Skeat [XVIII,1] was interesting midway through the first column on page 18; in the fourth paragraph of Skeat's reply, the article becomes positively fascinating:

  • The Reverend Dr. Bowdler is no doubt chortling in his grave.

  • On another subject, lest a reader be misled into assuming that Skeat was a bishop by the facetious heading, “The Invariably Right Reverend Walter W. Skeat [OBITER DICTA, XVIII, 1], it should be pointed out that Right Reverend is the customary title for that rank in the Anglican Communion.

  • A particularly talented Reverend Pecksniff actually averted the destruction of his empire with a tele-tearful explanation that his debauchery was sacrificial and in the line of duty: It was on-the-job training for hand-to-hand combat with the devil!, he explained.

  • The Reverend is second to Vice President Gore in opinion polls, drawing 12 percent of Democratic support, and he may be the only candidate who could bring attention to progressive/labor issues.


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