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sacrilegious

[sak-ruh-lij-uhs, -lee-juhs] / ˌsæk rəˈlɪdʒ əs, -ˈli dʒəs /


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"That seems sacrilegious to me. I certainly don't aim at awards when I'm making the music, I'd be doing it either way," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Alfie, who’s either being willfully obtuse or radically uncompromising, sees nothing sacrilegious in Wilde’s one-act tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025

I don’t know if this is sacrilegious, but we serve gumbo with rice, and so I’ll often serve my ratatouille with rice.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2024

While many Muslims consider visual depictions of the Prophet sacrilegious, the view is not universal.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2023

Every secret of the body was rendered up—bone risen through flesh, sacrilegious glimpses of an intestine or an optic nerve.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan




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