unprofane

Example Sentences

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A teetotaling, nonsmoking, unprofane Baptist, who forsakes parties and has remained unmarried because "I ain't got time to do no courtin'," Emmy gives the church 10% of her income and attends services regularly.

From Time Magazine Archive

She used to add, with a smirk that unprofane people can’t control when venturing into profanity, “and wash as far as possible, then wash possible.”

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

And his explosive diagnosis proved to be as correct as it was utterly unprofane in spirit.

From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry

Consequently if we, in the East, ever had a real blizzard or a real cloudburst we should be at a considerable loss to find words for an unprofane description.

From Reading the Weather by Longstreth, Thomas Morris

But their tumult wore upon him, and he decided to avail himself of the recent decision whereby a big H was rendered innocuous and unprofane.

From Penrod by Tarkington, Booth