heathen
Example Sentences
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The tradition has been celebrated for centuries and is believed to have its roots in a heathen festival to celebrate the return of spring.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
With the passage of centuries, the Eurocentric accounts that depicted Cortés as a heroic “white savior” and Moctezuma as a cowardly heathen have been eclipsed.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
I don't want to just boil it down to a justification for empire, because I don't think everybody using the concept of the heathen is doing it with that in mind.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022
“I joked that since I didn’t get the religious one I must be a heathen or something,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2021
In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like stands of heathen candles.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
Vocabulary lists containing heathen
"Beowulf," Vocabulary from the epic poem
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"The Crucible" -- Vocabulary from all 4 Acts
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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