parson

Example Sentences

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Roy is mirrored in turn by the later appearance of another parson, Preston Teagardin, played by Robert Pattinson with the same lip-smacking comic flamboyance he recently brought to “The King.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2020

In chapter 36, Lucy arrives at the home of a priggish parson, whose wife is desperately ill with typhoid.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2020

Despite there being two servants to look after the modestly sized parsonage and one modestly sized parson, Emily made a case for needing to be onsite as an extra housekeeper.

From The Guardian • Jul. 21, 2018

In a dreary Yankee prison, the rebel confronts his mortal fate before a parson.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2018

The parson swallowed his pride and went to beg the Apothecary’s forgiveness.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness