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Proselytize in a sentence
Proselytize meaning
- To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so.
- To coerce into religious conversion.
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Using Proselytize
- The main meaning on this page is: To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so. | To advertise one’s religious beliefs; to convert (someone) to one’s own faith or religious movement or encourage them to do so. | To coerce into religious conversion.
- Useful related words include: proselytise, convert, win over, convince.
- Possible Dutch translations are: bekeren.
- In the example corpus, proselytize often appears in combinations such as: to proselytize, not proselytize, proselytize the.
Context around Proselytize
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 12 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Proselytize
- In this selection, "proselytize" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pros, egypt, nor, frequently and publicly stand out and add context to how "proselytize" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accompany not proselytize and and not proselytize. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "proselytize" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with proselytize
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Like the Quakers, Plan 9 does not proselytize. (8 words)
For this, to missionaries I say: do not proselytize. (9 words)
Like all chaplains, Kathy is there to accompany, not proselytize. (10 words)
Abbott, the former chief executive of Hallmark Channel’s parent company Crown Media Family Networks, told The Wall Street Journal that the network is there for viewers searching for Christian content, but the network’s goal is not to proselytize. (40 words)
Despite the positive aspects, ultimately Zawinski returned to programming in “since it's still the only way to ship portable programs”. citation In his post-Netscape life, he continued to proselytize against C++. (33 words)
He was reported to be a proficient hatter but was known to proselytize frequently and stop work to pray and sing for co-workers who used profanity in his presence. (30 words)
Example sentences (17)
Abbott, the former chief executive of Hallmark Channel’s parent company Crown Media Family Networks, told The Wall Street Journal that the network is there for viewers searching for Christian content, but the network’s goal is not to proselytize.
Hefner and the majority rejected nearly all of the amendments, including one requiring parental consent and another requiring religious leaders to serve students of all faiths and not proselytize.
Like all chaplains, Kathy is there to accompany, not proselytize.
You have a right to contact people, you have a right to pros—proselytize, you can bombard people with letters all you want," Westlund said.
For this, to missionaries I say: do not proselytize.
Like the biblical pestilences—water turning to blood, locusts and hail, darkness and the killing of firstborn children—that ran through Ramses' Egypt, proselytize at 191 Toole.
A 30-day fast in commemoration of a fast the Apostles made in preparation for leaving Jerusalem to proselytize the Gospel around the known world.
By the time of Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, music was used to proselytize.
Despite the positive aspects, ultimately Zawinski returned to programming in “since it's still the only way to ship portable programs”. citation In his post-Netscape life, he continued to proselytize against C++.
He was reported to be a proficient hatter but was known to proselytize frequently and stop work to pray and sing for co-workers who used profanity in his presence.
Like the Quakers, Plan 9 does not proselytize.
Non-Muslims are allowed to practice their religion, but may not proselytize publicly or distribute religious literature.
Other works, especially the poetry, went largely forgotten. citation In 1917, American author Carl Van Doren became the first of this period to proselytize about Melville's value.
The Church claims they do not solicit memberships nor proselytize.
The leaders of the Russian Church saw this action as a throwback to prior attempts by the Vatican to proselytize the Russian Orthodox faithful to become Roman Catholic.
This gives rise to efforts by Mormons and opposing types of Christians to proselytize each other.
Using their influence in positive ways, they introduced the term "Universal Yankee Nation" to represent and proselytize their hopes for national and global influence.
Common combinations with proselytize
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to proselytize 8×
- not proselytize 5×
- proselytize the 2×