BLASPHEMOUS in a Sentence

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The religion I serve, the God I adore, were blasphemed because I called upon that religion and that God, but still I resisted.

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 Meanings and Examples of BLASPHEMOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
blasphemous
 a.  characterized by profanity or cursing
 a.  grossly irreverent toward what is held to be sacred
Classic Sentence:
1  She looked furtively around her, as the treacherous, blasphemous thoughts rushed through her mind, fearful that someone might find them written clearly upon her face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  After that I ceased to blaspheme, but I cursed my father.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 110. The Indictment.
3  He understood full well that it was GOD who was standing between him and his victim, and he blasphemed him.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
4  At one time he raved and blasphemed; and at another howled and tore his hair.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
5  The religion I serve, the God I adore, were blasphemed because I called upon that religion and that God, but still I resisted.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 56 CAPTIVITY: THE FIFTH DAY
6  But it were impious to trace any farther the picture of the blasphemer and parricide's deathbed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
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