How to Use the faithful in a Sentence

the faithful

noun

• In grimmer days, the knees of the faithful would be bloody and bruised.
  — Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
• The Lebanese militant movement put on a play to stir the faithful.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
• In the back, the faithful were standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
  — Bishop Sand, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• There, in a manger — a feed trough for animals — Mary gives birth to the child who the faithful believe is the son of God.
  — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• From the players on the field to the coaches on the sideline to the faithful in the stands, everyone will be tuned in, eager to see how this goes.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2023
• From sunrise to sunset, the faithful abstain from food and drink and focus on prayer.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
• The fasting is aimed at bringing the faithful closer to God and reminding them of the suffering of the poor.
  — Niniek Karmini, ajc, 22 Mar. 2023
• Yet in what would be the final half of Lions football played in Detroit this season, the faithful came out in a strong way.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 22 Jan. 2024
• In other words, plenty of the faithful go for smaller panels and a chance to show off their best cosplay.
  — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2023
• There are prayer rooms in restaurants, in airports and in many other places for the faithful to gather. 2. Driving.
  — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• Peter and Paul allows the faithful to bring religious items, such as rosaries, that can be carefully touched to the relics.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
• According to Islam, fasting draws the faithful closer to God and reminds them of the suffering of the poor.
  — Jack Jeffery, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023
• And few places are more emblematic of the fervor with which the faithful guard their traditions.
  — Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• As a student annotates a book for study, the faithful mark up their copies of Scripture, noting passages that speak to them.
  — Nicholas Tomaino, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2023
• Instead, a shady park near the beloved church has become as a gathering spot for the faithful, Verrengia said.
  — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• Victor, a nonbeliever among the faithful in this story built around the theme of choice, is not wrong to use a military metaphor.
  — Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• The practice offers the faithful a way of uniting themselves with Jesus, the archdiocese wrote.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2023
• Intimate conversations take place in the house, but Goold can also cram a whole bunch of people in it, like the members of the lodge or the faithful at the midnight Mass.
  — Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• Back at Templo Santa Muerte, the faithful are getting ready to honor the deity on Aug. 13.
  — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
• Such letters are frequently used to direct the faithful.
  — David Campbell, The Conversation, 11 July 2023
• The synod, as it is known, is a priority of Pope Francis, reflecting his vision of a church that is more about the faithful rank-and-file than its priests.
  — Nicole Winfield, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• These theories are wrong, Variety argued, but that hasn’t stopped the faithful.
  — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
• The basilica provides a unique experience, so the faithful should continue to get full access to it, Mendez said.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
• The pope had appeared in good form Wednesday morning at his audience in St. Peter’s Square, zipping around the square in his popemobile greeting the faithful.
  — Nicole Winfield, Trisha Thomas and Maria Cheng, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• But the music is never really over for this group that’s been gone for more than 50 years, especially when there’s a tape whose existence has been talked up among the faithful as this one.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Nov. 2023
• One of the grottoes is known as Eumaeus’ Cave, in honor of the faithful swineherd who tended Odysseus’ pigs and is said (improbably, given the terrain) to have fattened them on acorns there.
  — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
• Perhaps, without a war to rally the faithful, the Houthis could be pressured toward compromise and consensus.
  — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024
• Sharlet has chronicled that rise in his dispatches for Vanity Fair, traversing the country to visit the faithful.
  — Adam Fleming Petty, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2023
• He’ll be cherished by the faithful who rightfully felt their team was cooked after Jimmy Butler hit three free throws to put the Miami Heat ahead 1 with three seconds left.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• As of late, the humble white T-shirt has become the faithful staple that’s anchoring her casual yet polished outfits.
  — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024