CREED in a Sentence

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17 example sentences for CREED, such as:

1. He returned to the creed of soldiers.
2. But I am done with this creed of corruption.
3. The creed, as I should state it now, was this.
4. Let it be your task also to teach him our holy creed.
5. He had neither companions nor friends, church nor creed.

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 Meanings and Examples of CREED
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
creed
 n.  definite summary of what is believed; confession of faith for public use
Classic Sentence:
1  Mrs. Fisher's unconventionality was, after all, a merely superficial divergence from an inherited social creed, while the manners of the Gormer circle represented their first attempt to formulate such a creed for themselves.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
2  It must be so; yes, it's part of his creed, I suppose; well, then, let him rest; he'll get up sooner or later, no doubt.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
3  He returned to the creed of soldiers.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11
4  If we take you with us," he said, in solemn words, "it can only be as believers in our own creed.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
5  Let it be your task also to teach him our holy creed.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
6  But I am done with this creed of corruption.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ELEVEN
7  "The gospel of the tooth-brush," as General Armstrong used to call it, is part of our creed at Tuskegee.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XI.
8  Doubtless, and we are not now inquiring into his creed, but his actions; in the name of the prefect of police, I ask you what you know of him.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
9  The creed, as I should state it now, was this.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4. I FALL INTO DISGRACE
10  He had neither companions nor friends, church nor creed.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
11  I have perhaps offended you in your creed; but it was without wishing to do so, I swear.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 53 CAPTIVITY: THE SECOND DAY
12  Answer me not," said the Templar, "by urging the difference of our creeds; within our secret conclaves we hold these nursery tales in derision.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  He left alone creeds and systems of philosophy, finding enough and more than enough to occupy his tongue in the opinions and actions common to all good men.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: 4 Cheerfulness Again Asserts Itself at Blooms-End, and Clym Finds His
14  He bolts down all events, all creeds, and beliefs, and persuasions, all hard things visible and invisible, never mind how knobby; as an ostrich of potent digestion gobbles down bullets and gun flints.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
Example Sentence:
1  In the name of class, creed and religion we plunder one another with the most powerful weapons available.
2  The laws apply to everyone irrespective of race, creed or color.
3  I choose for my subject faith wrought into life, apart from creed or dogma.