Example Sentences

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Tony Kabaka, a self-confessed "cultist" and member of the NBM, spent years working for the government in Benin, up until 2019.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2021

Calling someone else a cultist, ironically, can spare us from interrogating our own insularity.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2021

A renowned authority on mind control encounters a formidable challenge when he is hired to deprogram a strong-willed cultist.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2021

As a well-informed Parisian cultist, Elaine Sciolino has laid one more beautiful and amusing wreath on the altar of the City of Light.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2019

It wasn’t criminal behavior but it certainly startled people, forever saddling him with the label of loony cultist.

From Washington Post • Oct. 17, 2016