How to Use evangelist in a Sentence

evangelist

noun
Definition of evangelistnext
Synonyms for evangelistnext
  • The 4 Calling Birds are the four gospels and/or the four evangelists.
    — Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 30 Sep. 2019
  • He is held aloft by angels and, at the corners, the four evangelists.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • But for true evangelists, the dream is for self-learning to do more than that—to add more butter to the slice of toast.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The saint inspired Sterling to write a mass in honor of the evangelist.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The renowned evangelist held a crusade in New Orleans in 1954.
    — NOLA.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Hazel Motes becomes the Deep South evangelist of a church without Christ.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Gluten-free evangelists may not like calling this a fad diet, but the term fits.
    — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 16 Oct. 2019
  • But while Kenny has never seen his words as irrefutable gospel, there is a touch of the evangelist to him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • More than a travel guide, more than a food host, Mr. Bourdain was an evangelist of the senses.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • The likelihood is that in the early days of AI, your role is more of an evangelist and go-to person and expert.
    — Jared Council, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
  • The influence of the famed evangelist, who died at the age of 99 on Wednesday, was felt for decades in U.S. politics.
    — CBS News, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The evangelist was impressed by Holley’s work and offered him a job.
    — Mark Woolsey, ajc, 11 May 2020
  • Since then, Monfore has become a bit of an evangelist for this way of walking.
    — Kevyn Burger Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 11 Dec. 2020
  • His only companions are a nurse and a young evangelist who shows up at his doorstep.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Now, Epstein’s an evangelist of range, the voice of the deeply superficial.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 9 June 2019
  • Ever since that meeting 35 years ago, Jack O. Burns has been the lead evangelist for building telescopes on the moon.
    — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 15 May 2021
  • He’s long been an evangelist for the magic of the glacier, leading jet boat tours in the summertime through his business Knik Glacier Tours.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Zhao seemed entranced by Musk’s mystique as an evangelist of free speech.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 June 2023
  • These young evangelists were looking for people who would listen to them share the Good News of Jesus.
    — Nick Hall, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Bryan Stallings is the chief evangelist at Lucid Software.
    — Jessica Guistolise and Bryan Stallings, Quartz, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Sixteen statues—of twelve apostles and four evangelists—were taken down from the cathedral's roof near the spire on April 11.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 15 Apr. 2019
  • Eva, who begins ninth grade in the fall, is a clown, a contortionist, a tight-wire performer — and an evangelist for the circus life.
    — Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
  • Barnes became a short-week evangelist, and a global movement was born.
    — Meghan M. Biro, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Dorsey, a Bitcoin evangelist, announced in 2018 that Cash App users would be able to buy and sell the cryptocurrency.
    — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 12 Apr. 2023
  • In that moment, both Jesus and the role of an itinerant evangelist — changing the world one life at a time — captured his heart.
    — Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2018
  • In an essay, King wrote about a guest evangelist speaking at their Sunday School and inviting children to join the church.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 29 June 2023
  • Soni, the first leader of the foundation, has become an evangelist of sorts for bringing in new private sources of funding for the WHO.
    — Thalia Beaty, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • Yet Howard, one of the company's most devout evangelists, is confident the kinks can be worked out.
    — Adam Mann, Science | AAAS, 22 June 2017
  • Copper sculptures of the apostles and evangelists, which narrowly escaped the fire, will return next year.
    — The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 3 Dec. 2024
  • But, that reality doesn’t stop the evangelists from pounding their chests and boldly declaring that everything from babies to Roombas should be put on chain.
    — Jordan Yallen, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'evangelist.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: