How to Use blasphemy in a Sentence

blasphemy

noun
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  • She was condemned by the church for uttering blasphemies.
  • The faces of the white in the South is a real blasphemy.
    — Fern Marja Eckman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2020
  • If that sounds like a form of blasphemy to fans, well, hear me out.
    — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Such words may seem like blasphemy to classic rock fans (which is fair).
    — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • That will sound like blasphemy to Empire Strikes Back stans.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The court upheld the blasphemy law but said there was not enough evidence to convict her.
    — Munir Ahmed, The Seattle Times, 11 Dec. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • He was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of blasphemy.
    — Yosef Riadi and Juliet Perry, CNN, 17 May 2017
  • The only other artist to get the crowd on their feet that day was fellow Texan George Strait, for whom the lack of due respect would be akin to blasphemy.
    — Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2022
  • In my native British English, the blasphemies barely cause a twitch of the emotional needle.
    — Emma Byrne, Time, 23 Jan. 2018
  • As if things couldn't get any worse — this is family game blasphemy! — the thimble might not be the only token to go.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 17 Feb. 2017
  • 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
  • In the church of Trump, accusing the United States of injustice is blasphemy.
    — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 19 Oct. 2017
  • This is blasphemy for the SEC, but probably patience is the answer for Auburn this season.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 20 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Mr. Joarder was briefly jailed for blasphemy before the charges were withdrawn.
    — Julfikar Ali Manik and Geeta Anand, New York Times, 1 May 2016
  • Over the past 15 years, the issue of blasphemy against Islam and how to respond to it has come up in Dearborn in several cases.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2022
  • At the time, Mr. Taseer sought justice for a Christian woman who had been jailed on dubious charges of blasphemy.
    — New York Times, 20 Apr. 2021
  • This feels like Smart Basketball blasphemy, but just trust me.
    — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Pakistan is among the countries where blasphemy is a crime punishable by the death sentence.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • 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
  • The state media are full of derisory commentary about the alleged hypocrisy, decadence, and even blasphemy that is supposedly on display in Paris.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The police detained him for questioning on suspicion of blasphemy.
    — Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024

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