How to Use blasphemy in a Sentence

blasphemy

noun

• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• So great is the fear of taking a stand against the blasphemy law in Pakistan that judges sometimes recuse themselves from hearing cases.
  — Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024