layman

Example Sentences

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The dead from the air strikes on Thursday also included the pastor of a Baptist church, a Catholic deacon and a church layman, according to the Karen Women’s Organization and the Free Burma Rangers.

From Seattle Times

In layman’s terms, mitigating circumstances are reasons to show a defendant mercy.

From New York Times

And paramedic Derek Smith testified that after checking for a pulse and not finding one: “In layman’s terms? I thought he was dead.”

From Seattle Times

While the definition may seem self-evident to a layman, its impact in the hermetic world of philosophy was seismic.

From New York Times

“It’d be something that’d be a little more formalized,” Ortiz said when asked whether he could envision a future where more laymen were granted passage into the college football tape repository.

From Washington Post