IMPIETY in a Sentence

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When members of the youth group draped the church in toilet paper one Halloween, the minister reprimanded them for their impiety.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPIETY
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impiety
 n.  irreverence; lack of respect for God
Classic Sentence:
1  And, even with this terror in his heart, he could hardly avoid laughing, to imagine how the sanctified old patriarchal deacon would have been petrified by his minister's impiety.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
2  There are some landmarks,' observed Mr. Micawber, looking fondly back over his shoulder, 'on the road to the tomb, which, but for the impiety of the aspiration, a man would wish never to have passed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49. I AM INVOLVED IN MYSTERY
3  Pooh, pooh;" said the doctor, with the impiety usual in persons of his profession; "he is a churchman.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19. The Third Attack.
Example Sentence:
1  When members of the youth group draped the church in toilet paper one Halloween, the minister reprimanded them for their impiety.