Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Barrett is a devout Catholic; Sotomayor a nonobservant one.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022

Milton Friedman, who needs no identification, was Jewish by birth but nonobservant.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2021

But break those numbers down, and you’ll notice something strange: A dramatic difference between the devout and the nonobservant.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2015

You can’t do that,” says Mark Bane, a partner and chairman of the Business Restructuring Department at Ropes & Gray, who co-founded Kayama, a nonprofit that encourages nonobservant divorcing Jews to obtain gets.

From Newsweek • Apr. 8, 2015

He was now a wealthy furrier and a thoroughly nonobservant Jew.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok