nun

Example Sentences

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And when I found out she was gonna be in the episode where she plays a nun, a murderous nun, I just thought, “I’m not gonna be able to contain myself.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

But she would end up in a totally different role - first a nun and now, 10 years to the day after her death in an earthquake, a would-be saint.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

One of my grandfather’s most repeated stories was about a nun who gave him a new school uniform because the other kids were making fun of how small and worn his old one was.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Vietnamese nun Thich Tam Tri -- whose temple north of Tokyo offers shelter to her compatriots in trouble -- said some interns make poor choices, falling into debt through gambling or ill-advised ventures into Bitcoin.

From Barron's • Jan. 7, 2026

“So the priest wanted to take her away,” she said, “and the nun showed him the wrong child? D’you think she just didn’t know herself which was the right one?”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman