heathen

Example Sentences

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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

There were increasing challenges to the concept of the heathen by the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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 Bell’s Funkadelic Universe, he wasn’t just an illustrator but an “electric marker heathen of speedomatic dabblings,” as he titled himself on the album “One Nation Under a Groove.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

I remembered Aunty Ifeoma’s words from the day before, about Papa-Nnuwku being a traditionalist and not a heathen.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie