1 It perplexed, as well as shocked her, by the irreverent inopportuneness of the occasions that brought it into vivid action.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 2 All this was falsehood, disgusting, irreverent deceit.
3 But there were a few irreverent snickers from convalescent officers when Rhett spoke of bravery.
4 Such an assumption is the arrogance of peoples irreverent toward Time and ignorant of the deeds of men.
5 As if long habituated to such profane talk from his old shipmate, Bildad, without noticing his present irreverence, quietly looked up, and seeing me, glanced again inquiringly towards Peleg.
6 The episode ended well, for both Heron and Wallis laughed indulgently at the irreverence.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James JoyceContext Highlight In Chapter 2