How to Use blasphemous in a Sentence

blasphemous

adjective

• Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous.
• The use of the flag on a skirt is considered blasphemous.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 18 Sep. 2023
• There are bits of Isaac, this nerdy jock who thinks his grief is blasphemous, that are very close to me.
  — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
• At the risk of being blasphemous, let’s assess the claims.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
• They are alleged to have sent a blasphemous message against the Prophet.
  — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• There was an ode to hot dogs and beer, and rants about his disdain for cats and palm trees, stances that some found blasphemous.
  — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Aug. 2017
• The statement was downright blasphemous, and to even argue against his claim is a waste of time.
  — Jarrel Harris, SI.com, 18 May 2018
• Naked she-demons stood in a circle, singing blasphemous and profane songs to him.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
• This has riled some Muslims who view the depictions as blasphemous and a form of hate speech.
  — Angela Charlton and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon, turning the park and everything in it a blasphemous shade of pink.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2020
• The tyrant cleric had seen in it only blasphemous portrayals of the prophet Muhammad.
  — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
• To say that a glam team transformed Nia Long into a goddess would be nearly blasphemous.
  — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 14 Aug. 2019
• For some Christians, the story is blasphemous from the beginning because of its premise.
  — Jonathan Merritt, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
• It’s not a stretch or blasphemous to describe Valenzuela in such terms, or even original.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2021
• Many Muslims see depictions of the prophet as blasphemous.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2021
• Is the denouement the most blasphemous in the history of movie musicals?
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• This might be blasphemous coming from a New Yorker, but: Neutrals are out this summer.
  — Glamour, 26 July 2019
• For Muslims, depictions of the prophet are blasphemous.
  — Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2021
• Broadway’s most blasphemous satire is returning to North Texas this week.
  — Joy Ashford, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
• The book was seen as blasphemous by many Muslims because of its fictional depiction of the prophet Mohammed.
  — Dallas News, 16 Aug. 2022
• For many Muslims, depictions of the prophet are blasphemous and deeply insulting.
  — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2021
• Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.
  — NBC News, 18 Oct. 2020
• Tensions have been rising between France and the Muslim world, which considers cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed blasphemous.
  — David Aaro, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2020
• Call it blasphemous, but the SUV's stock 16-inchers never really appealed to me.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 1 Feb. 2023
• Islamic scholars found the book blasphemous, setting off riots and book bonfires around the world.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 May 2018
• Is this blasphemous coming from someone born and raised in Los Angeles?
  — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 30 Apr. 2018
• The novel, which is in part inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, was called blasphemous by religious leaders, and Rushdie spent years in hiding.
  — Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022
• Instead, there arose a blasphemous sidestepping of social science, a practice of going straight for the jugular.
  — Bruce McCall, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
• In Maimonides’ view, saying that God has a body is not just incorrect but blasphemous and idolatrous.
  — Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
• Today, his works are huge best sellers, and it is deemed near blasphemous among liberals to criticize them.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 19 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024