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

That's a startling line, emphasizing Melville's suggestion that Queequeg, whom many characters dismiss as a "heathen," is actually the most ethical character in the book.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2021

“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

Olly: haikus are awful, they're just less fun limericks Madeline: You've been downgraded from heathen to heretic.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon