profaneness
Example Sentences
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It is stated that Bishop Morton condemned the profaneness of the company who had disturbed the service at the church.
From Old Church Lore by William Andrews
It is not too late," said the old officer, "if you will listen calmly, and learn that there is no necessity for such profaneness as you have used.
From The Buccaneer A Tale by Mrs. S. C. Hall
Our community frowns with indignation upon the profaneness of the duel, having its rise in this irrational point of honor.
From Public Speaking by Clarence Stratton
Without profaneness, and in all sincerity, they might have thanked God for the, to them, harmless recreation.
From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady
People have entirely left off the sin of profaneness; and, as to intemperance, there is very little of that.'
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 by Various
