How to Use heresy in a Sentence

heresy

noun

• They were accused of heresy.
• He was preaching dangerous heresies.
• The rest of me knows that the idea of heresy itself is the DMN’s work.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 25 May 2018
• Some may think the cocktail is an act of heresy in the first place.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
• Yes, yes, that’s heresy to Disney purists of the old school.
  — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 9 July 2019
• But over time, his heresy has come to look a lot like faith.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
• To some, the band’s comingling of money and art is heresy.
  — Chris Kornelis, WSJ, 23 Feb. 2019
• In 1431, Jeanne d'Arc is placed on trial on charges of heresy.
  — Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2018
• This is heresy, of course, but Hackett makes a good point.
  — Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 5 Dec. 2019
• In the 1990s, Chris Cramer introduced them to a new idea that some saw as heresy.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 17 Jan. 2021
• Mr. Brooks said the thought of him slowing down in older age is heresy.
  — Dan Hyman, New York Times, 2 June 2017
• If that sounds like heresy, the details might convert you.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 10 June 2022
• Don't worry, though—the GTI has been spared the heresy of perfection.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 17 Nov. 2021
• The tasting notes pair well with a fresh-cut sprig of mint in a julep, and so this heresy is his drink of choice in the hottest months of the year.
  — Maggie Menderski, courier-journal.com, 6 Sep. 2022
• This is hoops heresy to Smartophiles who have put the point guard on a pedestal and are ready to put his number in the rafters.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2022
• Putting McCarthy on the same plateau is coaching heresy.
  — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2022
• Reitman and Cody, needless to say, are founts of heresy, and proud of it.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 May 2018
• For most platforms, the idea of putting creator content next to, say Game of Thrones, is heresy.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
• That heresy sparked outrage on the left, and her views on recent events are likely to raise...
  — Daniel Akst, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2020
• The Church put her through a four-month heresy trial and then took her out to the market square in Rouen, tied her to a stake, and burned her alive.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2017
• And indeed, such a claim was treated as heresy of the highest order.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2011
• Galileo was sentenced to house arrest for life for saying the Earth went around the sun, a heresy in the 17th century.
  — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• But Lewellen’s views about the state leaders’ embrace of popery and heresy played a central part in it.
  — Brendan McConville, Time, 28 Sep. 2021
• Galileo was tried for heresy and placed under house arrest for the remainder of his life.
  — Joel Zinberg, National Review, 9 June 2021
• He was even accused of heresy in the 1530s for making a few critical comments about the church.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 25 Dec. 2023
• Today’s heresy is to suggest that the framing of the issue is backwards.
  — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
• Galileo was placed under house arrest and forced to recant his views as heresy.
  — Adam B. Cohen, Scientific American, 1 July 2018
• And once again he was called before the Inquisition—this time he was found guilty of heresy.
  — Melissa Breyer, Treehugger, 19 June 2023
• Sure, the evil order has been extinct for a millennium, according to the Phantom Menace, but rather than take that as gospel — and The Acolyte as heresy — consider this a nice complication to the prevailing narrative.
  — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 June 2024
• Shakespeare is thought to have drawn satirical inspiration for the character from Sir John Oldcastle, a powerful nobleman and soldier who was convicted of heresy.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024