Elmer Gantry

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noun

a novel (1927) by Sinclair Lewis.

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How to use Elmer Gantry in a sentence

The psychologists who served there included two officers, James Elmer Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built|Michael Daly|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I was driving some back roads near Elmer, N.J., when I came on a kid carrying a dead dog.
The Stacks: A Dog Dies, a Boy Grows Up|Pete Dexter|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Check out this 2003 clip in which this soft-spoken Jewish pischer was transformed into Elmer Gantry.
McConnell's Fancy Farm Monster Comes Back to Haunt Him|Jonathan Miller|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
“You win by fighting—and yeah, by punishing those who break ranks in the face of the enemy,” Elmer tells a protégé.
Jason Stanford Reviews "Patriots"|David Frum|May 8, 2012|DAILY BEAST

At first Lear thought of making a feature film satirizing Swaggart and his ilk—sort of an updated Elmer Gantry.
The Last Unreconstructed Liberal|Lloyd Grove|October 7, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Elmer Spiker interrupted to inquire whether the turtles I had seen were "black-legs, red-legs, or yaller-legs."
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Elmer Spiker, mine host of the inn, was huddled close to the stove, and was reading by the light of a lamp.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Having evolved this sage remark, Elmer twisted back to his old position and raised the paper.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
The suggestion seemed a likely one, so I interrupted the flow of Elmer's troubled thoughts to say good-night, and went out.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
This was too direct a slap at Elmer Spiker to pass unnoticed; Elmer was too old an arguer to use any ponderous weapon in return.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

Cultural definitions for Elmer Gantry

Elmer Gantry

(1927) A novel by Sinclair Lewis; the title character is a successful preacher in the Midwest. Lewis stresses the importance of insincerity and clever publicity in the rise of Gantry.