How to Use sacrilegious in a Sentence

sacrilegious

adjective
  • The high court ruled that states could not ban sacrilegious films.
    — Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But disliking a three-way or cheese coney is sacrilegious in these parts.
    — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 13 Oct. 2022
  • A lot of people think that’s, like, sacrilegious.
    — Peter Mishler august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Some do not agree with our message, but that does not render our display sacrilegious.
    — Samantha Chaney, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Some Muslims found the book sacrilegious and it is banned in the country.
    — Ray Sanchez, Adam Thomas and Kristina Sgueglia, CNN, 12 Aug. 2022
  • For some, pumpkin pie is the staple, and any other choice would be sacrilegious.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Doing enough—and just enough—for the duration of a few kō doesn’t seem sacrilegious.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 26 July 2021
  • Think that's wild and somehow sacrilegious?
    — Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Some places offer the option of adding cheese, but any true Chicagoan knows that doing so is sacrilegious.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
  • That some do not agree with our message does not render our display sacrilegious or is the cause of any 'scandal' to the faithful.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
  • To many, including me, this seemed sacrilegious.
    — Brian Halligan, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Doughnuts, dumplings, gourmet fish sticks, where to find the perfect croissant plus a sacrilegious bagel and pre-hippie granola bars.
    — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Rome’s blessing is also its curse—a food tradition so rich that messing with its scriptures can seem sacrilegious.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 July 2022
  • Sports fans will find many of the pieces familiar and possibly sacrilegious, depending on one’s point of view.
    — New York Times, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Some fans will think supporting two different teams, let alone rivals, is sacrilegious.
    — Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Any extra trimmings would land somewhere between glib and sacrilegious.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Call me sacrilegious, but there’s one place that a King’s Hawaiian roll tastes even better than the altar rail, and that’s at the beach.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
  • The cartoon images were deeply offensive to many Muslims, who viewed them as sacrilegious.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Grills are about elemental things—wood, fire, meat—adding Wi-Fi to that seems almost sacrilegious.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2020
  • This declaration should not be mistaken for vain clickbait or an attempt to be sacrilegious.
    — Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • And that’s playing with the idea of the divine, and the sacrilegious, as an act of tenderness and an act of intimacy, as sacrament.
    — Charlie H. Stern, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
  • Not playing Notre Dame anymore is sacrilegious.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The cartoon images deeply offended many Muslims, who saw them as sacrilegious.
    — Tom Nouvian and Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
  • His was an age in which the prospect of Earth bereft of human occupancy was too abominable, too sacrilegious, to contemplate.
    — Rebecca Giggs, The New York Review of Books, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Though nearly sacrilegious to some, cheese has become a more popular Italian beef option.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • To the rabbis, seeking a return to Zion on a human, rather than a heavenly, timetable seemed almost sacrilegious.
    — Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2011
  • This might seem sacrilegious for a song that’s widely regarded as a pioneering work of electronic music.
    — James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
  • But how can considering sincere questions of faith and meaning within a place of worship be sacrilegious or desperate?
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Boiling Donnie Yen down to one film, boiling the Ip Man series down to one film, even, might seem sacrilegious.
    — Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The president's post was interpreted as sacrilegious even by those who usually support him.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026

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