Example sentences for: heresy

How can you use “heresy” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Early reports of Morris' heresy (he inserted a fictional version of himself into the story) appeared before the book was available, and critics picked up on it like sharks sensing chum.

  • This whole unsavory episode brings back memories of skits with Monty Python ! One of my favorite lines was, "You are guilty of six--no, seven--charges of heresy.

  • I speak feelingly, for I was caught once in this particular trap, as shown by the article on hawser in my `Etymological Dictionary,' for which I was promptly rebuked by Mr. Wedgwood in 1882 (twenty-seven years ago); and that is why I so fully recanted my heresy in the `Supplement';.

  • As the Inquisition established its reign of terror to stamp out heresy, converted Jews, conversos, and Muslims, moriscos, were looked upon with suspicion, and many left the country or were condemned to death.

  • He overturned conventional wisdom, and preached heresy.


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