PROFANE in a Sentence

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I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.

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 Meanings and Examples of PROFANE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
profane
 v.  violate; put to improper, unworthy, or degrading use; abuse
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  Daughter," said Gerald rousing himself, "you are profane.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
2  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.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
3  I apprehend that he is rather addicted to profane song.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
4  Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
5  Added to his cruelty, he was a profane swearer.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  He was less cruel, less profane, and made less noise, than Mr. Severe.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  From another a shrill lamentation rang out filled with profane allusions to a general.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
8  This seemed profane, and the prioress forbade it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES
9  An arcanum which no profane eye must penetrate.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS
10  Beware of a profane taste in your theological style.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS
11  I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
12  "Nay; it would be sinful, in such a question, to follow the clue of profane philosophy," said Mr. Wilson.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
13  May profane the great chair, or the porridge of plums.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  Nor were they less careful to prevent any unhallowed layman from touching the pall, which, having been that used at the funeral of Saint Edmund, was liable to be desecrated, if handled by the profane.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  It was pleasant after that honour to return to the profane world of spectators amid nudges and significant looks.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In AFTER THE RACE
Example Sentence:
1  The members of the mysterious Far Eastern cult sought to kill the British explorer because they saw him profane the sanctity of their holy goblet by using it as an ashtray. .