On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Nun. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as religious or buoy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Nun in a sentence
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Nun meaning
- A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
- A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
- A prostitute.
Using Nun
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister. | A member of a similar female community in other confessions. | A prostitute.
- Useful related words include: religious, conical buoy, nun buoy, buoy.
- In the example corpus, nun often appears in combinations such as: the nun, nun in, nun and.
Context around Nun
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nun
- In this selection, "nun" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, root, ben, sweet, bet, turned and horror stand out and add context to how "nun" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a demonic nun and a nun waits for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nun" sits close to words such as aristocracy, aroma and attendants, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nun
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In memory of Ori Yitzhak Iluz, Ohad Dahan and Lia Ben Nun who were killed on the Egyptian border. (19 words)
A nun waits for the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican, on Jan. (22 words)
But a nun in training rushed into the temple’s main hall to save a golden statue of Amida Buddha and succeeded in doing so. (25 words)
It is seen as being easier to live a life as a monk or nun in countries where people generally live by the culture of Buddhism, since it is difficult to live by the rules of a monk or a nun in a Western country. (45 words)
A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorised spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali. (43 words)
From the left, Adva Gutman, Ayelet Sela bin Nun, Alon Adar, Adva Adar and Daniel Toledano, hold portraits of relatives held hostages by the Hamas militants during a press conference at the Paris town hall, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 in Paris. (41 words)
Example sentences (20)
And I think the very best one I've seen so far is this sweet nun turned into the terrifying lead character from THE NUN horror film.
The Vatican sends a haunted priest (Demain Bichir) and a young novitiate (Taissa Farmiga, Vera’s kid sister) to investigate the suicide of a nun in an isolated Romanian convent and find the place controlled by a demonic nun.
Bisson, pp. 73–75, 81. The Second Nun is an example of what a Nun was expected to be: her tale is about a woman whose chaste example brings people into the church.
It is seen as being easier to live a life as a monk or nun in countries where people generally live by the culture of Buddhism, since it is difficult to live by the rules of a monk or a nun in a Western country.
The root nun bet alef ("navi") is based on the two-letter root nun-bet which denotes hollowness or openness; to receive transcendental wisdom, one must make oneself "open".
Another flick looking to pack a sequel punch, The Nun II places Taissa Farmiga’s Sister Irene back in the habit and facing off once more with a terrifying spectral counterpart.
A nun waits for the funeral mass of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s square in the Vatican, on Jan.
A second high-ranking Holy See official told a Vatican court on Friday that Pope Francis had authorised spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali.
At 3 a.m., the smuggling incident was wrapped up; and at 4:15 a.m., troops radioed in to the guard post where Ben Nun and Iluz were located, who responded that everything was okay.
At one point when I was at lunch in the cafeteria, a nun who was a professor, stole my brief case with my notes and left the cafeteria.
Betty Gilpin is Sister Simone, a modern-day nun living outside of Reno and one of the only people on the planet who doesn't love Mrs. Davis, the omnipresent AI who controls most human decisions.
But a nun in training rushed into the temple’s main hall to save a golden statue of Amida Buddha and succeeded in doing so.
Eventually, the images begin to form a larger image made up of the other, smaller pictures surrounding them, one that eventually resembles the figure of the Demon Nun.
Fans of The Nun can also choose to rent or buy the film on various platforms such as Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube Movies, Vudu, Microsoft Store, DirecTV, Redbox, Spectrum, and AMC on Demand.
From the left, Adva Gutman, Ayelet Sela bin Nun, Alon Adar, Adva Adar and Daniel Toledano, hold portraits of relatives held hostages by the Hamas militants during a press conference at the Paris town hall, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 in Paris.
Hagan recalls Littlefeather volunteering with Mother Teresa’s hospice organization in San Francisco but said she only could have managed a photo op when the Calcutta-based nun came to visit.
He was a familiar face on TV, appearing on “The Flying Nun,” “Columbo,” “The Brady Bunch,” Hill Street Blues” and “LA Law,” among other shows.
Home to “The Serpent Queen” and “The Nun II,” Martigues-based Provence Studios also hosts a number of soundstages, a backlot, and will open a new 3500 sq. yard facility next year.
In memory of Ori Yitzhak Iluz, Ohad Dahan and Lia Ben Nun who were killed on the Egyptian border.
It's a terrifying juxtaposition to the slow, methodical moment in the lead up, and helps emphasize why the Nun is one of the scariest entities in The Conjuring Universe.
Common combinations with nun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the nun 29×
- nun in 17×
- nun and 17×
- nun who 12×
- nun from 9×
- catholic nun 9×
- nun is 7×
- nun was 7×
- become nun 7×
- by nun 7×