Nonconformists is an English word. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Nonconformists meaning
plural of nonconformist
Using Nonconformists
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of nonconformist
- In the example corpus, nonconformists often appears in combinations such as: the nonconformists, nonconformists had.
Context around Nonconformists
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nonconformists
- In this selection, "nonconformists" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, puritan, fervent and 170 stand out and add context to how "nonconformists" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include for the nonconformists like johnson and of fervent nonconformists. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nonconformists" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nonconformists
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Traditionally, the Nonconformists had not been comfortable at all with the idea of warfare. (14 words)
They required many officials to be communicants in the Anglican Church and penalised both nonconformists and Catholics. (17 words)
Thousands of nonconformists were released from prison, amongst them Bunyan and five of his fellow inmates of Bedford Gaol. (19 words)
In the mid-1920s the major parties had little use for the nonconformists like Johnson or Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, but Johnson in truth could not easily be placed in the political spectrum. (34 words)
His reedy voice, bow tie, cerebral style and aristocratic contempt for the proletariat were hardly endearing qualities in a political leader, and his conversion to Catholicism lost him the sympathy of fervent Nonconformists. (33 words)
Additionally, the researchers indicated that while participants did not view the nonconformists as gay or lesbian, their ratings suggested that on average they were uncertain about whether the person was heterosexual. (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
Additionally, the researchers indicated that while participants did not view the nonconformists as gay or lesbian, their ratings suggested that on average they were uncertain about whether the person was heterosexual.
He died of apoplexy about 20 January 1664.sfn Character assessment As a religious writer Ambrose has a vividness and freshness of imagination possessed by scarcely any of the Puritan Nonconformists.
His reedy voice, bow tie, cerebral style and aristocratic contempt for the proletariat were hardly endearing qualities in a political leader, and his conversion to Catholicism lost him the sympathy of fervent Nonconformists.
In the mid-1920s the major parties had little use for the nonconformists like Johnson or Governor Gifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania, but Johnson in truth could not easily be placed in the political spectrum.
John Clifford formed the National Passive Resistance Committee and by 1906 over 170 Nonconformists had gone to prison for refusing to pay school taxes.
They required many officials to be communicants in the Anglican Church and penalised both nonconformists and Catholics.
Thousands of nonconformists were released from prison, amongst them Bunyan and five of his fellow inmates of Bedford Gaol.
Traditionally, the Nonconformists had not been comfortable at all with the idea of warfare.
Common combinations with nonconformists
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: