Wondering how to use Blasphemous in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as profane or sacrilegious.
Blasphemous in a sentence
Blasphemous meaning
Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.
Synonyms of Blasphemous
Using Blasphemous
- The main meaning on this page is: Lacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.
- Useful related words include: profane, sacrilegious, irreverent, blue.
- In the example corpus, blasphemous often appears in combinations such as: blasphemous and, and blasphemous, is blasphemous.
Context around Blasphemous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 15 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blasphemous
- In this selection, "blasphemous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, purportedly, alleged, abusive, content, disrespectful and statement stand out and add context to how "blasphemous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include afterlife as blasphemous and tyrannical and an alleged blasphemous statement against. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blasphemous" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blasphemous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It discovered a different form of life, it got free, tough, flamboyant, fantastic and blasphemous. (15 words)
However, some listeners have expressed outrage over the song’s lyrics, labelling them as blasphemous and disrespectful. (17 words)
He noted that the law also speaks to disorderly conduct and abusive, blasphemous, indecent, insulting, profane or threatening language. (19 words)
A: It’s been kind of the setup to explore that area of the futuristic world as well – the devout that sees the creation of a digital afterlife as blasphemous and tyrannical and they need to destroy it. (38 words)
Khadim Hussein Rizvi, a radical Pakistani religious scholar who this week led thousands of supporters into a sit-in in Islamabad over the republishing in France of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which they deem blasphemous, has died. (38 words)
Arafat Mazhar, the director of Alliance Against Blasphemy Politics, a group advocating against the misuse of blasphemy laws, told AFP that the alarming rise in cases was not because people "are suddenly more blasphemous". (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Even if what he said is blasphemous, they should have taken him to the court of law and competent jurisdiction.
Multiple politicians, including senators, also went on Philippine television shows to criticize the drag artist’s performance, calling it blasphemous, disrespectful and offensive.
Pakistan's media regulator said Monday it blocked Wikipedia services in the country for hurting Muslim sentiment by not removing purportedly blasphemous content from the site.
Sokoto state Police Command has officially verified the killing of Usman Buda, a butcher, on Sunday, following an alleged blasphemous statement against Prophet Muhammad.
Arafat Mazhar, the director of Alliance Against Blasphemy Politics, a group advocating against the misuse of blasphemy laws, told AFP that the alarming rise in cases was not because people "are suddenly more blasphemous".
He noted that the law also speaks to disorderly conduct and abusive, blasphemous, indecent, insulting, profane or threatening language.
However, some listeners have expressed outrage over the song’s lyrics, labelling them as blasphemous and disrespectful.
In May 2022, she wrote a tweet addressed to Pope Francis and asked him to meet to discuss 'some important matters' — specially, her 'blasphemous' behavior.
It discovered a different form of life, it got free, tough, flamboyant, fantastic and blasphemous.
Several dancehall artistes have been criticised for their lyrical content, some of which embraces occult practices and in some instances appear to be blasphemous in nature.
The chief cleric said they could be used as an "assistance in sin" to access sites with pornography or blasphemous content, both banned in Pakistan.
The opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris became "special" when it crossed the line between just weird to outright blasphemous.
A: It’s been kind of the setup to explore that area of the futuristic world as well – the devout that sees the creation of a digital afterlife as blasphemous and tyrannical and they need to destroy it.
A judge in Brazil has ordered Netflix to stop showing a "blasphemous" Christmas special that depicts Jesus as a gay man.
Attracted by the human image of the Virgin, complete with a sad face and a heart, she responds to its iconic force: “I decide to do something dangerous, rebellious, perhaps even blasphemous.
But Sunni Muslims say it is blasphemous, as it praises an imam to the extent it elevates him above the Prophet Muhammad.
Hundreds of Pakistani citizens belonging to Hindu, Sikh and Christian communities, staged a protest here against French President Emmanuel Macron for defending the republication of blasphemous caricatures by a magazine.
It was not immediately clear what the motive was for the Nice attack, or if there was any connection to the cartoons, which Muslims consider to be blasphemous.
Khadim Hussein Rizvi, a radical Pakistani religious scholar who this week led thousands of supporters into a sit-in in Islamabad over the republishing in France of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which they deem blasphemous, has died.
Piotr Cywinski requested a pardon for Omar Farouq, who was accused of making blasphemous statements during an argument and sentenced by a sharia court in Nigeria's northern Kano state last month.
Common combinations with blasphemous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- blasphemous and 8×
- and blasphemous 5×
- is blasphemous 4×
- as blasphemous 4×
- blasphemous to 3×
- blasphemous content 2×
- blasphemous statement 2×
- be blasphemous 2×
- blasphemous as 2×
- of blasphemous 2×