profane

Example Sentences

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The artist initially intended to create five matching versions of his toilet, which he titled “America” as a way to question which spaces in a museum get deemed sacred versus profane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The Church saw vinum clarum as a profane wine, and its consumption was not imbued with Christian symbolism, nor attached to any table ceremony.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2024

“It is profane to compare the long, painful history of abuse and discrimination suffered by Black Americans to something totally different.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

He’s at home with the sacred and the profane.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

He strung ordinary sentences together and they came out sounding either like the most profane curses or like comical poetry.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou