(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
utter obscenities or profanities; or to speak disrespectfully of something considered sacred — especially of God or religion- Will the West stand up for its customs and mores, including freedom of speech, or will Muslims impose their way of life on the West? Ultimately, there is no compromise: Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.Daniel Pipes
- Did she blaspheme against the Prophet Muhammad?
- I'm not one for blaspheming — but that one made me laugh.Morgan Freeman
- Maternity is a cosmic thing and once it has come to pass, our conversation must not be permitted to blaspheme it.Ben Lindsey
- "Why, George Babbitt, I won't have you cursing and swearing and blaspheming!"Sinclair Lewis -- Babbitt
- After that I ceased to blaspheme, but I cursed my father.Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- To blaspheme like the Germans—Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
- He understood full well that it was GOD who was standing between him and his victim, and he blasphemed him.Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- I believe in freedom of speech, the right to offend and blaspheme, as well as the right to convert and bear witness.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- The religion I serve, the God I adore, were blasphemed because I called upon that religion and that God, but still I resisted.Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers
- Among them I should have stood like Hymenaeus and Alexander, who were delivered over to Satan that they might learn not to blaspheme.Thomas Hardy -- Tess of the d'Urbervilles
- And like in that dream I told you about, the chapel—I had this obsession with le blaspheme.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- When a man blasphemes, what do we do?Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart
- "Hush, don't laugh, blasphemer!Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- Crime and Punishment
- To make peace with the Horde may defile your Great Romance, but it does not blaspheme Elyon.Ted Dekker -- Red: The Heroic Rescue
- Bailey was nearly blaspheming.Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- You dare blaspheme against the sublimest of the arts!George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
- But I blaspheme much as I want to.Alice Walker -- The Color Purple
- But, gentlemen, your business Which you said so urgent, is it only Scolding and blaspheming?T.S. Eliot -- Murder in the Cathedral
- —beware of the blasphemer's end!"Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
Search for other examples by interest
Interest — Source
General — Google News®General — Time® Magazine
General — Wikipedia®
Architecture — Google® books - Architecture
Business — Bloomberg®
Business — The Economist®
Classic Literature — Google® books - Classical Literature
Engineering — Google® books - Engineering
Engineering — Popular Mechanics®
Engineering — Discover Magazine®
Fine Arts & Music — Google® books - Art
History — Google® books - History
Human Behavior — Google® books - Psychology
Human Behavior — Psychology Today®
Law — FindLaw®
Law — Google® books - Law
Logic & Reasoning — Google® books - Reasoning
Medicine — Web MD®
Medicine — Google® books - Medicine
Nature & Ecology — National Geographic®
Nature & Ecology — Google® books - Nature
Personal Finance — Kiplinger® (Personal Finance)
Philosophy — Google® books - Philosophy
Public Policy & Politics — Newsweek®
Public Policy & Politics — Real Clear Politics®
Public Policy & Politics — Google® books - Politics
Religion & Spirtuality — Google® books - Religion
Religion - Christianity — Bible Gateway®
Religion - Christianity — Google® books - Christianity
Science — Popular Science®
Science — Scientific American®
Science — Google® books - Science
Sports — Sports Illustrated®