profane
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Pretty and profane, funny and frank, Paul amassed a large following.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026
Under the First Amendment, anyone in the U.S. has the right to engage in peaceful protest, which can include yelling, using profane language, videotaping officers and following them in a car, legal experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
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
In one instance, the judge wrote that aides to Jill Biden, the first lady, repeatedly cajoled Twitter executives to remove a video that was edited to make her seem profane toward a group of children.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2023
On this scroll it says that Sir Charles Baskerville had an ancestor called Sir Hugo Baskerville, who was a wild, profane and godless man.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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Romeo and Juliet
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Grade 11, List 3
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