How to Use parson in a Sentence

parson

noun

• The parson, the pardoner, and friar join in for the fun as well telling their tales.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 21 Oct. 2022
• Parsons was Franklin's first pledge for the class of 2018, giving his word midway through his sophomore year.
  — Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 7 June 2017
• Parsons lost control and crashed at some point during the pursuit.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 29 June 2017
• The most helpless of all beings is a poor parson, of an Evening, in London in Wet Weather—without a carriage.
  — Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020
• At sixty, Øino has a boyish mop and the mild countenance of a country parson.
  — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• That man is Miles Lufton, the ambitious son of a parson in early 19th-century England.
  — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
• The eastern parson spider, named for the way the white patch on its black abdomen resembles a clerical collar.
  — Adam Roy, Outside Online, 26 Oct. 2022
• In 1903, it was sold to the Congregational Church of New Fairfield and served as the parson’s residence for more than half a century.
  — Susan Hodara, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
• Parsons said reservations are not required to use the courts, but people can check online at www.signupgenius.com to see if the courts are available at a particular time.
  — Forrest Sellers, Cincinnati.com, 5 May 2017
• For some years, the parsons of the sports press have pushed the idea that demonstrations of high-level athletic skill, the result of uncountable hours of practice, were morally insufficient.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017
• Parsons, however, took an unofficial visit to Ohio State for the spring game and eventually broke his pledge to the Nittany Lions.
  — Ari Wasserman, cleveland.com, 8 May 2017
• But there’s a hitch: Penelope has been abducted by a romantic rival and needs rescuing, Samuel eventually tells the parson.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 28 June 2018
• Books had an aura of hierarchy and patriarchy: the parson in his pulpit, the politician at the dispatch box, the professor on the podium, paterfamilias in his armchair.
  — John Sutherland, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2018
• Parsons said Brynjarsdottir will once again be available when the Thorns travel to Washington Saturday.
  — Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com, 21 June 2017
• Saturday, indicating in a subsequent statement that an unidentified parson fired between two and four shots from a northbound vehicle, possibly a BMW.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024