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as in unholy
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as in pernicious
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Recent Examples of ungodly
But Burton’s recent career has been disastrous, from his unbearable Sweeney Todd to his ungodly Alice in Wonderland and Dumbo remakes, the work of a Hollywood wunderkind turned hack.
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Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024
Just at that moment, though, Leland is distracted by the ungodly stench coming from his bathroom, where the toilet, bathtub and sink have started spewing brown sewage.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 July 2024
There’s a certain kind of woman in the culture right now who is trying to figure out what to do with this ungodly wealth that came through an ex-husband or something.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
Progressive Hollywood can’t think beyond stereotypes, so Nyong’o’s sympathetic roles fall into the category of ungodly misery like Samira’s.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 11 Sep. 2024
Just at that moment, though, Leland is distracted by the ungodly stench coming from his bathroom, where the toilet, bathtub and sink have started spewing brown sewage.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 July 2024
There’s a certain kind of woman in the culture right now who is trying to figure out what to do with this ungodly wealth that came through an ex-husband or something.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
Progressive Hollywood can’t think beyond stereotypes, so Nyong’o’s sympathetic roles fall into the category of ungodly misery like Samira’s.
—Armond White, National Review, 10 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungodly
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Even Santa Claus dare not tread in this unholy fortress, which becomes Thomas' prison when Orlok makes a play to claim his wife, Ellen, with whom he's maintained a years-long psychic connection.Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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What are your thoughts on Jack’s unholy provenance?Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Academic opportunists the past week showed once more how pernicious, naïve misinformation can catch fire and consume the truth, especially when dressed with the veneer of academic credibility.Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2023
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Most of us can agree the world is in a perilous state, with natural disasters multiplying, pernicious new viruses continually emerging, the planet steadily overheating, and wars raging in constant rotation.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Feb. 2023
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Allen's defense team aggressively pushed their theory that Odinists, members of a pagan Norse religion hijacked by white nationalists, killed the girls during a sacrificial ritual in the woods.Kristine Phillips, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Nov. 2024
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Defense attorneys for Allen have argued authorities arrested the wrong person and claimed that Odinism, a pagan Norse religion that has been linked to White supremacist groups, could be a theory connected to the killings, court documents show.Nicole Chavez, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
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In a Hungarian cartoon from around 1951, Churchill is seen as an ugly villain, ready to set households and factories on fire.Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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For many people, finding the perfect ugly Christmas sweater is an annual tradition.Shea Simmons, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Cincinnati Bengals welcome the media heathen universe for a gab session/sitdown, linen-tablecloth lunch known in This Space as The Mock Turtle Soupfest and Weenie Roast.Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 28 May 2019
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Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 30 May 2019
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As for the place, its veneer of comfortable tourism doesn’t hide the air of something unwholesome, especially when female guests start randomly throwing up.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
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Less visibly, Manton operated a side business with a more unwholesome objective: cashing in on his status and power as a judge.Time, Time, 25 July 2023
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.Simone Weil, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Both narratives, private and public, differently restrict our access, so the ideal historian will need great tact and an impious curiosity.James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
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But this act also gave people permission to go far enough—to acknowledge their righteous hatred of our depraved health-care system, and even to conjure something funny or silly or joyous out of that hate.Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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So many iconic movies were made during this time, about this time, that its version of the city as dangerous, depraved, and degraded lingered for decades.David LaChapelle, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Ungodly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungodly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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