pilgrim

Example Sentences

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"After this year, will we be better able to recognise a pilgrim in the visitor, a seeker in the stranger, a neighbour in the foreigner, and fellow travellers in those who are different?"

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Historians can argue otherwise, but not “convincingly” for this pilgrim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

All of them were to get a cut of the pilgrim income from those who came to pray to the saint.

From Slate • Dec. 15, 2024

The magazine carried a picture of the long-haired musician with the caption: "George Harrison has gone Hindu pilgrim."

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

“It seems that the crock with Mrs. Kabakoff’s pilgrim cider has fallen from the top shelf. Would you please run and bring Mr. Vendleri?”

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt