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 • Sep. 7, 2025

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 • Feb. 18, 2025

I don't know if it's blasphemous to say this but what if they also don't like a particular performance?

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

And I don’t know if this is blasphemous, but we shot it in a funeral home.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023

Such a reaction at a Wagner performance would have been considered blasphemous - to dare to interrupt the master’s unstoppable narrative flow.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall