How to Use monk in a Sentence

monk

noun

• Cut a piece of monks cloth large enough to stretch over and around the frame.
  — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• In the meantime, the monks promised not to reveal the boy’s name.
  — David Pierson, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
• Dom Perignon is the name of the monk born in the 17th century.
  — Marc Bona, cleveland, 14 Dec. 2021
• The maze was dug by hand, by a monk, way back in the distant past.
  — Liza Lentini, Spin, 22 Sep. 2023
• Her father left for the North, to Pskov, and became a monk there.
  — Lyudmila Ulitskaya, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• Even the abbot — the head of the monastery, who had served as a monk for 10 years — was found to be using drugs.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• Yet that hasn’t swayed the monks to crank up production.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2023
• Tall, thin, and bald, he has been compared to both a monk and a preacher.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• For years, the monk had shied away from releasing a book.
  — David Graver, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
• The young monk then held hands with, blessed and prayed with the old monk Father Patrick, who was on his deathbed.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
• The public is welcome to view the monks work on the mandala and ask questions.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2023
• One of the first comes from an Italian monk named Restoro d'Arezzo, who observed an eclipse in 1239.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
• One favorite: bright green Chartreuse, the liqueur that’s been made by Carthusian monks since the 1500s.
  — New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• And [director] Vittorio de Sica changed it, and said, The clothes do make the monk.
  — As Told To Vogue, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2024
• There were sea monks and mermaids and mermen, not to mention the many species of sea serpents.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• The monks had refused to leave the premises before the eviction deadline.
  — Samya Kullab, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• How did becoming a monk become the way for the show to say goodbye to Stanford?
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
• The Paro Dzong was built in 1646 and now houses both government offices and monks.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
• After law enforcement left the church, Farnam returned to the church and spoke with a monk.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 7 Jan. 2023
• Then again, that verse about self-immolation, á la the monk the Rage cover?
  — Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2022
• Patrick took a monk’s vows, Bering wished blessings on the world, and Winter’s job is a righteous calling.
  — John Domini, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
• Soon after the murder, William DeRoos left his then-wife, moved to Thailand and became a monk.
  — Lilly St. Angelo, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
• The book explores how the music-loving monk came up with the scale that's been used to write and teach music ever since.
  — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• Jay, who was a monk at the time, was asked to show Radhi's mother how to do a certain service at the temple.
  — Jamie Ballard, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
• Why did these monks in Japan choose to mummify themselves?
  — Travel, 25 Jan. 2024
• Are all the naughty girls and dissolute boys destined to become ascetics and monks?
  — Saidiya Hartman, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2023
• Chartreuse, a green or yellow liqueur, is produced only by a group of Carthusian monks in the French Alps.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• The need to dye the Buddhist monks’ robes yellow may have first prompted Oc Eo to import turmeric, the paper says.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
• The captain became a Benedictine monk in New Jersey after the war and died in 2001.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2021
• Things to Consider This powder contains the sweetener monk fruit, which can have a very sweet taste that some people may dislike.
  — Britannay Scanniello, Verywell Health, 1 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024