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Example sentences for: profane

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To profane something, in other words, one must believe in it.
Miscellany: Rupert Murdoch bought control of Pat Robertson's cable channel--"a merger of the sacred and profane," cracked the New York Times . Alex Kelly , the rich kid who spent eight years resort-hopping in Europe to evade rape charges in the United States, was finally convicted.
In that culture, the word "[expletive]" was not only obscene, it was profane, in the original sense: It took an important idea in vain.
Critics praise Mamet's departure from his trademark profane and sharp-edged films, but the reviews have a dutiful air about them: "a pointed examination of the price of seeking justice" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ) ...
E. "Using profane or obscene language or gestures"