pilgrim

Example Sentences

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Fearful of a future shackled to the home, Charu leaves at 16 to find her way in Bombay, the first of this pilgrim soul’s reinventions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

"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

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

"I have gone from a traitor to a pilgrim in a year. You couldn't ask for a better student, could you?" says Amanda.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2024

Two mannequins sprang to illuminated life, both of them dressed in traditional Thanksgiving pilgrim costumes.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein