How to Use pastor in a Sentence

pastor

noun
  • Cameron told the pastors about it.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The praise from the pastors was even nicer.
    — Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • All these pastors here have done such a great job on this.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • So did lay pastor Daniel Davis.
    — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The pastor seems to enjoy cussing, or half-cussing, while on the green.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Welch has the warmth of a Southern youth pastor.
    — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The pastor told Lemon and the others to leave the church.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2026
  • The pastor and the children all enjoyed it — and prayed a lot.
    — Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The world has lost a pastor, a champion, a mender of bridges.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • At the time, the service was struggling with no lead pastor.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The pastor faces up to three years in federal prison for the tax crime.
    — Steve Patterson, Florida Times-Union, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There had been famous pastors of other eras, of course.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Jiang worshiped at the church over the summer, the pastor said.
    — Jessica Xing, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • As Bieber’s career rose, so did the pastor’s.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The pastors hadn't followed through.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Our pastor married us at our local church.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The church pastor approached him at the entrance.
    — Andrew Callahan, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The white pastors in Birmingham had a case to make.
    — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Hill responded by saying that the pastor was at his church now.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Chicken al pastor smushed into cilantro rice.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And growing up in church, the pastors used to be like the best performers.
    — Devin Robertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Mallette thought the pastor might be a good influence over her son.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Matt Miller is the son of Guy Miller, the pastor of the church.
    — Michael Guise, CBS News, 24 June 2026
  • The pastor helmed a trust, of which Nathan Gingles was a co-trustee.
    — Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • This intrepid empire builder is married to the pastor, and not here to make friends.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Many years were spent in the church, where Luhman’s mother was a pastor.
    — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2024
  • There were counselors who consoled and pastors who prayed and artists who painted and sang.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
  • My pastor said, ‘My job here only is to teach you how to speak to God.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But the pastor seems to know that merely forbidding corpse-killing is not enough to stop it.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The pastor’s hand then grazed Lemon, who told the pastor to stop pushing him.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Jan. 2026

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