Elmer Gantry
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Leave aside the worst-case scenarios — a scoundrel in the mold of the fictional Elmer Gantry or the real-life Jim Bakker — the pulpit is filled with perils for even the best-intentioned.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022
He is one part Elmer Gantry, and one part Ned Racine.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021
In Sinclair Lewis’ 1927 novel Elmer Gantry, she’s a radio evangelist named Sharon Falconer.
From Slate • Jun. 28, 2020
With the end of the big-screen musical era, Jones fought for recognition as a serious actress to win the role in "Elmer Gantry" and other dramatic fare.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 22, 2013
Like Sinclair Lewis's Elmer Gantry or Harry Crews's nameless gospel singer, this renegade advocate for a church without God is a kind of prototype Johnny Rotten.
From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2013
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