How to Use blasphemous in a Sentence

blasphemous

adjective
  • Catholics used to believe that anyone but a priest touching a consecrated wafer was blasphemous.
  • But isn't the whole idea blasphemous?
    — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Naked she-demons stood in a circle, singing blasphemous and profane songs to him.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2022
  • There are bits of Isaac, this nerdy jock who thinks his grief is blasphemous, that are very close to me.
    — Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
  • There was an ode to hot dogs and beer, and rants about his disdain for cats and palm trees, stances that some found blasphemous.
    — Joshua Stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 Aug. 2017
  • The statement was downright blasphemous, and to even argue against his claim is a waste of time.
    — Jarrel Harris, SI.com, 18 May 2018
  • They are alleged to have sent a blasphemous message against the Prophet.
    — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • Hermann would have thought the request blasphemous, but Dad obliged.
    — Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
  • This has riled some Muslims who view the depictions as blasphemous and a form of hate speech.
    — Angela Charlton and Aya Batrawy, chicagotribune.com, 11 Nov. 2020
  • Then, Stone reappears as a blasphemous cult member who seeks a murderous acolyte.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2024
  • This may sound blasphemous for a Fixed Earth sign, but spontaneity works best sometimes.
    — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Today, his works are huge best sellers, and it is deemed near blasphemous among liberals to criticize them.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Broadway’s most blasphemous satire is returning to North Texas this week.
    — Joy Ashford, Dallas News, 25 July 2023
  • To say that a glam team transformed Nia Long into a goddess would be nearly blasphemous.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The piece was dubbed blasphemous by many Muslims and has been banned in Iran since 1988.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The sun was beginning to dip below the horizon, turning the park and everything in it a blasphemous shade of pink.
    — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2020
  • And all this on top of his blasphemous depiction of himself as Jesus Christ.
    — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The tyrant cleric had seen in it only blasphemous portrayals of the prophet Muhammad.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Islamic scholars found the book blasphemous, setting off riots and book bonfires around the world.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 25 May 2018
  • Muslims believe that any depiction of the Prophet is blasphemous.
    — NBC News, 18 Oct. 2020
  • For some Christians, the story is blasphemous from the beginning because of its premise.
    — Jonathan Merritt, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Is this blasphemous coming from someone born and raised in Los Angeles?
    — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Is the denouement the most blasphemous in the history of movie musicals?
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • To say that Judge does not have a signature October moment is blasphemous and far from the truth.
    — Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, there arose a blasphemous sidestepping of social science, a practice of going straight for the jugular.
    — Bruce McCall, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Plus, there’s a part of me that wants to be triggered by my mom’s eternal presence, including those blasphemous birthday reminders.
    — Steven Blum, Wired, 25 Aug. 2021
  • For many Muslims, depictions of the prophet are blasphemous and deeply insulting.
    — Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2021
  • That the hypothetical longest walk on Earth makes this daunting trip sound short is, well, blasphemous.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Many Muslims found some of the depictions offensive and even blasphemous.
    — Lola Fadulu, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2025
  • This way of approaching the story would help make its portrait of Jesus all the more human, and, to some, all the more blasphemous.
    — Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

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