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Adjective
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For me, being a man controlled by God, things that are blasphemous always alert me.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
2 May 2025 -
Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.—
Lola Fadulu,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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If Jimmy and his gang are any indication, the next film will eschew cancer drama for something more irreverent and even weirder than the turns 28 Years Later takes.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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And those are not without their pleasures and irreverent homages to film tropes in various genres.—
Lindsey Bahr,
Boston Herald,
19 June 2025
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Surely, there’s something utterly sacrilegious about laughing hysterically at actors giving God the middle finger.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Some of this may seem sacrilegious to the F1 fans who got into the sport because of Emerson Fittipaldi, Alain Prost, and Aryton Senna, rather than Drive to Survive, but there’s no denying that the Miami Grand Prix is a success.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
Adjective
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Erin Foster's rom-com stars Adam Brody and Kristen Bell as a progressive rabbi and an agnostic podcaster swept into an unlikely romance.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
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That concern is echoed in comedy circles, where creators worry that offbeat, irreverent humor — often politically agnostic — might get overlooked.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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To be sure, Musk still has an ungodly amount of money and an inarguably significant political win under his belt with the re-election of Trump.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2025
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Mainly because soul tie enthusiasts don’t do a good job delineating the difference between godly and ungodly connections.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
27 Mar. 2025
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Together, these unholy alliances change rules, fire bureaucrats, silence critics, and then eat up the country’s resources.—
Elizabeth David-Barrett,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Apr. 2025
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Given China’s unholy alliance with Russia, Iran, and North Korea — and America’s friendship ...—
Arthur Herman,
National Review,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Profanatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/profanatory. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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