profaner

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.

It never stepped into the glare, the contention of profaner air.

From Saxe Holm's Stories by Jackson, Helen Hunt

Her sainthood was so accomplished, her union with heaven so complete, that she could afford herself these profaner sympathies.

From The Helpmate by Sinclair, May

"Man, clod, profaner of the shrine of poesy, cease your ignorant cackle," cried the irate dominie.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

Then Pete plunged into one of the profaner tunes which he had practised in the days of the cowhouse, and off went Katherine with a whoop.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir

"And as a proof," added the clerk, "here are the shoes of the profaner of the temple;" and he placed a pair of shoes upon the desk as he spoke.

From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules