How to Use blasphemy in a Sentence

blasphemy

noun
  • She was condemned by the church for uttering blasphemies.
  • This was a weak case for blasphemy.
    — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • If that sounds like a form of blasphemy to fans, well, hear me out.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Such words may seem like blasphemy to classic rock fans (which is fair).
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • To modern ears, of course, to say that Christ went to hell sounds like blasphemy.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The crime of blasphemy covers a wide range of acts that the state disapproves of.
    — Lateshia Beachum, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019
  • He was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy.
    — Yosef Riadi and Juliet Perry, CNN, 17 May 2017
  • The maximum sentence is four years in prison for hate speech and five years for blasphemy.
    — Fergus Jensen and Fransiska Nangoy, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2017
  • Many societies in the past have linked swearing to blasphemy or sin.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • For creatives, its use was treated like blasphemy.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The court upheld the blasphemy law but said there was not enough evidence to convict her.
    — Munir Ahmed, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
  • This is a verse that’s also long enough to include some old-fashioned light blasphemy in the Vol.
    — Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2022
  • This feels like Smart Basketball blasphemy, but just trust me.
    — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Kate was made of sterner stuff, and her blasphemy could not be approached in vileness or variety.
    — Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Pakistan is among the countries where blasphemy is a crime punishable by the death sentence.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Yes, all this is whimsical blasphemy.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025
  • To alter the rhyming couplets with extraneous emotion or a hint of free will would be a form of blasphemy.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Bigotry or white supremacy in any form is blasphemy against the American creed.
    — Eli Stokols, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • That is pure blasphemy to the waterfowler who expects to have some action right at or a bit before sunrise.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • If found guilty of blasphemy and hate speech, Panji faces a maximum 10 years in prison.
    — Heather Chen, CNN, 3 Aug. 2023
  • These two outliers are a reminder that the harsh use of blasphemy laws is not confined to the Islamic world.
    — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2020
  • At the time, the church had said suggestions that any disease can be spread through the practice of communion were blasphemy.
    — Star Tribune, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Charges of blasphemy have led to the imprisonment of hundreds, and sometimes lynch mobs have killed the accused.
    — Mohammed Hanif, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2018
  • Nigeria is one of only seven countries where a person can be sentenced to death for alleged blasphemy.
    — Sean Nelson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Pakistan weaponizes blasphemy laws and bombs Advent services.
    — Nuri Kino, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • And for the government to be holding offshore wind to a different standard is blasphemy, in my mind.
    — Brianna Herlihy, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Now is a pivotal moment in the global fight against blasphemy laws, and in favor of religious freedom and free speech.
    — Sean Nelson, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Denmark is one of only five countries in the European Union that has a blasphemy law on the books.
    — Kimiko De Freytas-Tamura, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2017
  • But now here’s Ferrari ratcheting up the blasphemy with—this is not a typo—what seems to be a station wagon.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
  • In my native British English, the blasphemies barely cause a twitch of the emotional needle.
    — Emma Byrne, Time, 23 Jan. 2018

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