Bible-thumper
noun
an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
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Bible-thumpernounan evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
Example Sentences
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“There is nothing of the sour expecting-damnation ecclesiastic about this expostulator,” wrote Variety critic Robert Landry, who had his fill of Bible-thumping evangelists like Billy Sunday, in 1931.
From Slate ● Jan. 21, 2021
An accomplished showman with a down-to-earth theology, Mr. Graham preached with a burning sincerity, although he generally avoided the exaggerated theatrics of the stereotypical Bible-thumping revivalists of an earlier era.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2018
In 2008, without anyone much noticing, the Bible-thumping Fireproof, budgeted at $800,000, earned $33.5 million.
From Time ● Mar. 23, 2014
“I’m a Bible-thumping Lutheran who just got my church to put rainbow stickers on their door,” said Ms. Robinson, who is divorced and uses her maiden name.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2011
Barack was the first person I’d met at Sidley who had spent time in the barbershops, barbecue joints, and Bible-thumping black parishes of the Far South Side.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
