missionaries
Example Sentences
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The parrots, lore tells us, brought by missionaries, stayed even after the city became what it is now.
From Salon • May 9, 2026
For generations, the Hadzabe, also known as the Hadza, have kept their distance from modern agriculture, guns, missionaries, poachers and encroaching pastoralists.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
The presence of the Catholic Church in Angola dates back to the late 15th Century, when Portuguese explorers and missionaries arrived along the Angolan coast.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
These young female missionaries, dressed in white, have been sent into Canada to draw girls to Gilead’s cause.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
The traders got her cold eye, the missionaries her hard glare, the few other white visitors who chanced onto the island received from Old Tallow no welcome.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
