How to Use prophet in a Sentence

prophet

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  • And a sculpture of the prophet is at the Supreme Court.
    — Vimal Patel, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Looking back, the girl in the Vine seems close to a prophet.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 31 May 2021
  • It will be based on one book, that of God and his prophet.
    — Nic Robertson and Tim Lister, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Here, the prophet transmits the claims, even the complaints of the people to God.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Willem Dafoe plays Heimir the Fool—half jester, half mad prophet.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • In the Hebrew Bible, the Lord is looking for a prophet.
    — Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 31 July 2020
  • One of these is tharid, said to have been the prophet’s favorite dish.
    — Anissa Helou, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • And oh, Allah, please send peace to our prophet, the master of the worlds.
    — NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The saint in his cell reading about the righteous prophets and kings.
    — John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • It was first built in A.D. 637, just five years after the prophet’s death.
    — Ken Chitwood, The Conversation, 12 May 2021
  • One great example of this is the life of the prophet Elijah.
    — The Rev. Mike Taylor, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The armed man could be heard saying that the prophet Mohammed told him to kill Naseem in a dream.
    — Susannah George, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2020
  • The prizefighter, the pop star, the pro-football player, the prophet.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
  • That false prophet was known simply as Q. And Kendall was about to warn his church about it.
    — John General and Richa Naik, CNN, 23 May 2021
  • The man was a genius and a prophet and the most spiritual.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The church is led by a prophet who also serves as president of the church.
    — CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The book was partly inspired by the life of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The polygamy of Mormonism’s second prophet, Brigham Young, is well known.
    — and David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The prophets of doom are right; the auto show is fast becoming a spent force.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2019
  • In the Old Testament, prophets seem to be on speed dial to Zion.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Sikhs use it to refer to God and the ten prophet leaders, or gurus.
    — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2024
  • This makes his predictions sound like the stuff of a madman or a prophet.
    — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The actor sees in her subject not a victim so much as a prophet.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
  • In many parts of the world, Bob Marley is considered like a prophet.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Whether purposeful or not, Aris took on the aura of a prophet.
    — Marc Bloom, Outside Online, 23 Sep. 2019
  • In the summer of 1929 a few prophets foresaw the coming stock market crash.
    — Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
  • In the summer of 1929 a few prophets foresaw the coming stock market crash.
    — Harold Van B. Cleveland, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The double prophet called down something, and 42 people were mauled by a bear.
    — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 25 Aug. 2022
  • He also is believed to be a prophet of God and serves until death.
    — Hannah Schoenbaum and Deepa Bharath, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • But Hozier didn’t become pop’s prophet of his own accord.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2024

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