unholy

Example Sentences

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A God’s-eye view captures sparks and flames tearing a circle around his unholy play.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026

Another opponent, Lord Patten, branded the bill an "unholy legislative mess" that he said could lead to death becoming the "default solution to perceived suffering".

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

An unholy specimen, a building creature that is sufficiently weird, necessary, and profitable to wriggle to life in the city’s stifling landscape of land-use regulations: the double duplex.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2025

“You had to pick which side of the contradiction to embrace, or else record the whole unholy snarl itself.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

It burned with an unholy dripping glare for a minute, three times normal size, then dwindled.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury