blasphemous

Example Sentences

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It’s blasphemous in America to suggest anything can rival the NFL, but today, I do not fear the football Gods.

From The Wall Street Journal

Local media quoted eyewitnesses as saying a man jokingly proposed marriage to the vendor, and her response was considered blasphemous by some people in the area.

From BBC

For numerous GOP voters, this suspicion is tied to religious fundamentalism and the very crux of the Scopes trial — that the theory of evolution contradicts the Bible and is, therefore, blasphemous.

From Salon

This feels almost blasphemous to say, in a culture that loves a secret.

From Salon

The protesters were angry over the display a book by the exiled feminist author Taslima Nasrin, who has in the past received death threats from Islamist groups for what they say are her blasphemous writings.

From BBC