CULT in a Sentence

Learn CULT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

14 example sentences for CULT, such as:

1. They enjoy a cult following in the UK.
2. The few can go in for higher cults if they like.
3. The cult leader saw himself as a Messianic figure.
4. By this time people were flocking to join the cult.
5. The actor James Dean acquired the status of a cult hero.

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cult
 n.  religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false; community of religious worship and ritual
Classic Sentence:
1  To him motoring was a faith not to be questioned, a high-church cult, with electric sparks for candles, and piston-rings possessing the sanctity of altar-vessels.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
2  He did not venture to say so, for Duncan was almost insane on the point of his art: it was a personal cult, a personal religion with him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
3  So Mr. Washington's cult has gained unquestioning followers, his work has wonderfully prospered, his friends are legion, and his enemies are confounded.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
4  The few can go in for higher cults if they like.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
Example Sentence:
1  An extraordinary personality cult had been created around the leader.
2  They enjoy a cult following in the UK.
3  The cult leader saw himself as a Messianic figure.
4  By this time people were flocking to join the cult.
5  The teenager may have been abducted by a religious cult.
6  Their son ran away from home and joined a religious cult.
7  The actor James Dean acquired the status of a cult hero.
8  The members of the mysterious Far Eastern cult sought to kill the British explorer because they saw him profane the sanctity of their holy goblet by using it as an ashtray. .
9  You do realize that being under the control of a cult is not a good condition.
10  Leaders of religious cults maintain ascendancy over their followers by methods that can verge on brainwashing.