How to Use Mormon in a Sentence

Mormon

noun

• Gad, who hasn’t been on Broadway since Book of Mormon, then brought the idea to Rannells.
  — Vulture, 22 June 2023
• For decades, to be Mormon was to be pursued by an angry mob; its founder, Joseph Smith, was shot dead by one.
  — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• Smith used them to translate the Book of Mormon into English.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
• Tens of thousands of Mormon cricket eggs buried about an inch deep in the soil began to hatch in late May and early June.
  — Rio Yamat, Fortune, 20 June 2023
• The Mormon group was headed to a wedding, and authorities said some of the victims were burned alive.
  — CBS News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Rannells, known for his starring role in The Book of Mormon and recently in Gutenberg!
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
• His older son is serving a mission for the Mormon church, and his younger daughter is 13 and lives with her mother.
  — Time, 20 Sep. 2023
• But there’s this whole Mormon story that’s wild and very American.
  — June Thomas, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• Utah was not the right place for two other men who came here as children with Mormon wagon companies.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 July 2023
• Silver was raised Mormon and said many of his neighbors in North Ogden, Utah, practice the religion.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• At age 19, Smith had embarked on his Mormon mission to Cochabamba, Bolivia.
  — Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
• What were some of your biggest personal takeaways from playing a devout Mormon like Jeb this time around?
  — Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022
• The teachings of the Mormon church complicated how Meri handled her feelings of jealousy.
  — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
• Ballard, who is Mormon, bizarrely denied that the church had issued the statement while speaking to supporters in Boston.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2023
• Following a two-year Mormon mission to the Philippines, Williamson, now a junior, was training with his college teammates and getting back in shape.
  — David W. Chen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2022
• Her mother, who was Mormon, had increasingly come to believe the world was ending and the rapture approaching.
  — Sierra Crane Murdoch, Harper's Magazine, 3 May 2023
• Less than a year after moving, the couple divorced, and Gardner left the Mormon church, according to an account from Bridegan's brother.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Romney, who describes his career in politics as a moral mission driven by his Mormon faith, has in recent years been marginalized in a party that has shifted to the right under the sway of Trump.
  — Annie Karni, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• Throughout, Park delves into Mormon history and lore to produce a picture of the institution as one that is both marginalized and marginalizing.
  — The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
• An obvious word of warning: due to their Mormon faith there is no alcohol or tobacco allowed anywhere near the stadium at any time.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 2 July 2023
• Hank’s small funeral service was held on Nov. 24, conducted by their Mormon bishop.
  — Gina Kolata Kim Raff, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The number of young Mormon missionaries heading to Samoa will probably tick upward.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024
• According to the outlet, in addition to reportedly piercing his tongue and eyebrow, Jeremy dyed his hair with leopard spots, left the Mormon faith and church he was raised in and did not speak to his family for four years.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
• McKee took a two-year Mormon mission before arriving at Stanford in 2020.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• Earlier in the year, some Mormon missionaries had struck up a conversation with Vincent on campus.
  — Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
• This extraordinary Black woman, a nurse and midwife, was still enslaved when she and others were brought to the free state of California by a Mormon settler from Mississippi in 1851.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• The family's account later raised eyebrows from skeptics, who worried about the Mormon family’s strict household.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
• The Mormon couple's infamous family vlogging account had nearly 2.5 million subscribers at its peak before it was removed from the platform.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• Though a couple dozen Mormon missionaries arrived here in 1855—largely failing to convert the Paiute population—the oasis remained something of a secret until four years later, when prospectors came to the valley.
  — Chris Carra, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
• Meanwhile, Joseph Lofthouse—a Mormon who took a vow of poverty to become a farmer—expounded on the benefits of landrace gardening, a form of plant breeding and cross-pollinating that any amateur gardener can try their hand at.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024