irreverential
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
To say the truth, I look upon it as such a masterpiece in its way, that it seems irreverential to eat it.
From Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Have you noticed what a disruptive and irreverential brood they are?
From South Wind by Douglas, Norman
Yet how is it possible to say an unkind or irreverential word of Rome?
From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
At this period the Fête des Fous, or feast of madmen was celebrated to its full extent, and anything more absurd, more farcical, or more irreverential cannot well be imagined.
Although they produce a conviction of declining virtue, which is unfavorable to generous emulation, yet a people at once ignorant and irreverential would necessarily become licentious.
From Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose by Dickey, J. M. (John Marcus)
