How to Use chaplain in a Sentence

chaplain

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  • But if the hour of death came to pass, what would the chaplain do?
    — Emma Goldberg Desiree Rios, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2024
  • The chaplain opened with a prayer seeking to bring the 118th Congress to life.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Jan. 2023
  • In a sense, LeRette has become the prison chaplain he felt called to be.
    — Andrew Kay, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The school chaplain talked to my grandson in a short one-on-one session.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The thing is, the work of a hospital chaplain isn’t done in an empty chapel.
    — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
  • A week before the seder, the chaplain got the green light from the ship captain to open it up to non-Jewish sailors who wanted to join.
    — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Brother Chette is Chette Williams, who has been Auburn’s team chaplain since 1999.
    — Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2022
  • And, sure, a few minutes later, there was a chaplain and two [Texas] Rangers that came looking for us ...
    — ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Two years ago, the Troutdale truck stop chaplain died after running it for 20 years.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
  • As a chaplain, Zeb has come to feel that secret marriages are risky for the couples involved.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022
  • There to guide her along the journey was the Rev. Jo Laurence, a hospice and palliative care chaplain.
    — Gosia Wozniacka, ajc, 15 May 2022
  • Districts must vote whether to implement the chaplain program within the next six months.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Another chaplain, who was not Catholic, took his place.
    — John Rosengren, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2022
  • He was introduced to karate while serving as a U.S. army chaplain in Korea in 1963.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The ceremony will conclude with a prayer offered by the post chaplain.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 28 Nov. 2022
  • At the time, Graham was a single mother in the first year of her residency to become a chaplain.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Along with the exchange of energy, ideas and feeling between the aspiring chaplain and patients is the weight of pain and loss.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Ziegler, who is now 55, was a Dead Kennedys and Ramones fan in his youth and a police chaplain and, for a time, a Republican in adulthood.
    — Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • And the Navy is offering grief counseling services and support through the chain of command and the command chaplain.
    — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Members of the Comets team were starting their regular pregame prayer led by team chaplain Pastor Steve.
    — Nathan Dunn, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Sister Jean has served as the Ramblers chaplain since 1994, first joining the staff at Loyola-Chicago three years prior.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Born in Belgium, Leunens had served as a priest for many parishes and was a chaplain for many organizations since the 1940s.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • Garcia was among eight prison workers, including a chaplain, charged with abusing inmates and the first to go to trial.
    — Olga R. Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Employment options have forced Dr. Paz and her husband, a chaplain based in El Paso, to live apart for almost three years.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
  • Still, when a chaplain calling from Florida explained his brother was dead, Connor couldn’t fathom the news, couldn’t process the shock.
    — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2023
  • The service at the American Legion earlier in the week was a tribute to David, those courageous chaplains, and the 672 brave young men who lost their lives on that fateful night.
    — Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • For the Phoenix Suns, team chaplain Travis Hearn helps players and coaches contend with the anxieties that can surface before and after their games.
    — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 3 Feb. 2023
  • At the beginning of the solemn movement, Biden, the first lady and other military officials walked up to the plane and stood with their heads bowed down as a chaplain offered prayers.
    — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • O’Brien took control in 2020, then he was replaced by Jack Easterby (a former team chaplain).
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Sherman watched through a window while Humphreys searched and noticed the chaplain was quietly talking to himself.
    — Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 26 Sep. 2022

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