How to Use blasphemous in a Sentence

blasphemous

adjective
  • Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous.
  • The use of the flag on a skirt is considered blasphemous.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The piece was dubbed blasphemous by many Muslims and has been banned in Iran since 1988.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • There are bits of Isaac, this nerdy jock who thinks his grief is blasphemous, that are very close to me.
    — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • At the risk of being blasphemous, let’s assess the claims.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • They are alleged to have sent a blasphemous message against the Prophet.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • There was an ode to hot dogs and beer, and rants about his disdain for cats and palm trees, stances that some found blasphemous.
    — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Aug. 2017
  • The statement was downright blasphemous, and to even argue against his claim is a waste of time.
    — Jarrel Harris, SI.com, 18 May 2018
  • Naked she-demons stood in a circle, singing blasphemous and profane songs to him.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
  • This has riled some Muslims who view the depictions as blasphemous and a form of hate speech.
    — Angela Charlton, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2020
  • This has riled some Muslims who view the depictions as blasphemous and a form of hate speech.
    — Angela Charlton and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Jones is 6'4, right handed, physical, and does all that on the worst team in the league, but Leafs fans act like paying him 9.5M is blasphemous.
    — Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon, turning the park and everything in it a blasphemous shade of pink.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The tyrant cleric had seen in it only blasphemous portrayals of the prophet Muhammad.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • To say that a glam team transformed Nia Long into a goddess would be nearly blasphemous.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 14 Aug. 2019
  • For some Christians, the story is blasphemous from the beginning because of its premise.
    — Jonathan Merritt, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
  • It’s not a stretch or blasphemous to describe Valenzuela in such terms, or even original.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The images, which many Muslims considered blasphemous, were at the heart of the controversy that led to Paty's death.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Many Muslims see depictions of the prophet as blasphemous.
    — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Is the denouement the most blasphemous in the history of movie musicals?
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • This might be blasphemous coming from a New Yorker, but: Neutrals are out this summer.
    — Glamour, 26 July 2019
  • For Muslims, depictions of the prophet are blasphemous.
    — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Broadway’s most blasphemous satire is returning to North Texas this week.
    — Joy Ashford, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • Before Drake’s recent litigious exploits, Cole’s decision to rescind his Kendrick Lamar diss was the most blasphemous hip-hop move of the year.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The book was seen as blasphemous by many Muslims because of its fictional depiction of the prophet Mohammed.
    — Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Then, Stone reappears as a blasphemous cult member who seeks a murderous acolyte.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2024
  • For many Muslims, depictions of the prophet are blasphemous and deeply insulting.
    — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.
    — NBC News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Tensions have been rising between France and the Muslim world, which considers cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed blasphemous.
    — David Aaro, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Call it blasphemous, but the SUV's stock 16-inchers never really appealed to me.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023

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