sacrilege

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Recent Examples of sacrilege This kind of thing, sacrilege when a lot of us were growing up around here, is more common nowadays. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 July 2024 Gutiérrez has also done something that some might consider a sacrilege. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2024 All this is close to sacrilege for the people of the United Kingdom, who are thought to drink about 100 million cups of the stuff every day — about 1.5 per person — but do so without many splashes of creativity. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2024 The priest offers to ransom her with a priceless treasure, which Agamemnon spurns rudely, and Apollo punishes this sacrilege with a plague. Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for sacrilege 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sacrilege
Noun
  • But there is evidence that French society is shifting on the acceptance of blasphemy, particularly among France’s 5-million-strong Muslim population and the younger generation.
    Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The other side: To turkey's defenders, this is blasphemy — and the haters revealing their own poor culinary skills.
    Jeff Weiner, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Robbed of the event’s usual flair, the competitors instead put on a display of oafish masculinity, eating Combos on the ice and getting overly handsy with a female partner, among other desecrations of the sport.
    Dan Reilly, Vulture, 30 July 2024
  • Jared Krysiak pleaded guilty to a charge of desecration of human remains in connection with brutal slaying of Kerry Rollason, according to a statement released by the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The first shot was off from Solo Ball, who finished with a game-high 20 points on 6-for-17 shooting, and the second didn’t leave Jayden Ross’ hand in time, a shot clock violation with five seconds left that allowed the Musketeers to seal the game at the free throw line.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Weidner is trying to get several South Florida cities, including Davie and Boca Raton, to join in, calling homes subject to foreclosure because of aggressive enforcement of code violations a potential goldmine of untapped revenue.
    Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; ’Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love.
    John Edgar Wideman, The New Yorker, 8 July 2021
  • The first assault is on the Nile itself, which is turned to blood, thereby ruining both agriculture and aquaculture in one swoop, a profanation with religious consequences.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 28 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • By one hand, he is bound to himself, to his impiety, his recklessness, his envy and pride, his guilt and spite.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Clouzot supplied that insight in strong visual terms: Fresnay’s conflicting impiety and righteous anger and so much dissatisfaction and panic among the townsfolk.
    Armond White, National Review, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Although Russia has struggled to embrace startup culture, the big contractors have a stranglehold on the supply process; corruption is endemic, and the military know who to buy from.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • There are corruption scandals, whisper campaigns, and possible bribery afoot, just like with those gossipy Vatican queens.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025

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“Sacrilege.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sacrilege. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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