heretic

Example Sentences

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This was a genius-level insight that caused Thiel to be hounded out of San Francisco as a heretic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

And he doesn't necessarily hope to, he said, which "makes me a bit of a heretic."

From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024

Before his peers would label him a heretic, the late Bishop Carlton D. Pearson was once one of the best known preachers in the nation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2023

“I am a known heretic in these parts because I mow the lawn on Sundays,” one resident proclaims.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2022

“Really? What am I going to say now? He winks at me. “You think I’m a brute, a heretic, a—” “A crackpot,” I complete for him.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon