commit sacrilege
Example Sentences
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Do they understand what it is to commit sacrilege?
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828 by Various
This request smote upon the ear of the photographer like an invitation to commit sacrilege.
From The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages by P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
Consequently, our feelings—" "Enough, Balthazar! you terrify me; you commit sacrilege.
From The Alkahest by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
Nor did they dare to look back, because they knew that the terrible eyes of the long departed, upon whose territory they had intended to commit sacrilege, were boring into their backs.
From The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
"You shall not touch the dead," she cried; "kill me but do not commit sacrilege."
From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens
