sacrilege
Example Sentences
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By the time he’d aired a colorized version of “Casablanca” on his channel, Turner set his sights on what many viewed as the ultimate sacrilege – pigmenting Orson Welles’ “Citizen Kane.”
From Salon • May 8, 2026
As if that weren’t sacrilege enough, the authors offer a series of additionally shocking revelations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
In a post on X, Shapps said "renaming HMS Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege".
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025
There was only a dot of cream cheese left, so I had to supplement it with butter — sacrilege to New Yorkers.
From Washington Times • Jul. 19, 2023
I can imagine my mom’s freak-out if she’d witnessed this sacrilege, so I quickly wash off in the sink and sweep up any remaining eggshell and dump it into the sink.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
Vocabulary lists containing sacrilege
Things Fall Apart
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