as in atheistic
lacking religious emotions, principles, or practices
treated the God-fearing and the godless with equal respect and compassion
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Recent Examples of godless
On the fateful day that inbound Soviet bombers filled the skies above America with godless communism, the horizontal Bomarc missiles would literally become erect, and fire vertically.
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Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Shortly after hearing the stories of brave and faithful LGBTQ Catholics in Uganda, Pope Francis smartly and compassionately used his voice to warn against the unjust and godless laws.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The ranks of the godless have stopped growing for now.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
Highlights of the book with the proudly, grammatically incorrect title include rants against nature, those godless Hollywood liberals, and how everything is trying to turn red-blooded Americans gay.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Shortly after hearing the stories of brave and faithful LGBTQ Catholics in Uganda, Pope Francis smartly and compassionately used his voice to warn against the unjust and godless laws.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The ranks of the godless have stopped growing for now.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for godless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for godless
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And even the irreligious Bill de Blasio would join parishioners at the cathedral.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
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Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 July 2025
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The group – which touts itself as a pagan collective that worships Norse gods – also took credit for originally catapulting Springfield onto the national stage by amplifying ugly memes about the Haitians.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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At the bottom of the composition is the figure of Charon, a personage from Greek mythology who rowed souls over the river Styx to enter the pagan underworld.—
Virginia Raguin,
The Conversation,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Godless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/godless. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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