impiousness

Example Sentences

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With the unconscious egotism of the devotee, he felt that heaven had been avenging the impiousness of his sin.

From The Puritans by Bates, Arlo

His impiousness kept pace with his growing power.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta

This commotion answered my purpose exceedingly well,—my object being to bear testimony against the impiousness of such a distinction and separation in the house of God.

From American Scenes, and Christian Slavery A Recent Tour of Four Thousand Miles in the United States by Davies, Ebenezer

On the morning of the day before Judy's departure Blanche, who, half-packed, was still trying to make up her mind, received a letter that, with no sense of impiousness, she considered providential.

From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

The man was simply horrified at such impiousness.

From Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland by Multatuli