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Profane in sentence

27 examples of Profane in a sentence

The staircase takes us from the experience of life as profane or ordinary upwards to the experience of life as sacred, or deeply interconnected.
I mean, I can use profane words like "shit" and "piss," and then my grandma won't watch the video.
Pound (1970) and Greasers Palace (1972) were even more profane and obnoxious.
It's not heavy with drama or emotional hand-wringing, it has no cosmic statements about life, and it's not violent or profane.
He sites profane literature (writings from the same time period but not connected with the bible) a number of times however I can think of at least three references off the top of my head which lend historical accuracy to events contained in the bible.
When this was released, I thought this was one of the most profane films ever made.
An occasionally amusing, often confusing, gleefully profane 70's movie that hasn't really aged well.
Parents should not allow their small children to watch Dimples any more than they should allow them to watch excessively violent, sexually explicit or profane movies, as they would be exposed to egregious stereotypes of Black people.
The show is violent, profane...and so is life.
The coach was hilarious (although he did go a little over board with the profane language).
Although it's not a word that most of us use every day (or sometimes every week, for that matter), director Steve Anderson provides us with a funny and fascinating examination of the "F-word" - its uses (it's an extremely versatile word, you know), its possible origins, and just exactly why it's considered the most controversial and profane utterance in the English language.
From the comic-book which takes a perverse delight in celebrating the geeky side of all of us, "Ghost World" is profane and cynical, but also surprisingly blithe and bright.
The Ice Harvest strangely enough also has Billy Bob Thornton along with John Cusack as some of the most profane and greedy but not nearly the most messed up characters in a rural Kansas town.
Tightly written and directed by James B. Harris (who previously worked with Woods on the outstanding prison movie "Fast-Walking"), with crisp cinematography by Steve Dubin, a harsh, gritty tone, unflinchingly raw and profane dialogue, a jazzy, shivery score by Michel Colombier, a tense and exciting climactic showdown between Hopkins and the killer, some seriously ugly violence (the murder sites are truly nasty), and a shockingly brutal and nihilistic ending, this bang-up little sleeper makes for an extremely gripping and suspenseful viewing experience.
Funny, wise and profane.
Though Jewish law explicitly forbids Jews from ascending the Temple Mount, lest they profane this most sanctified of Jewish shrines before the coming of the Messiah, a growing number of Israelis – from religious fanatics to members of Israel’s ruling coalition – now support defying that prohibition.
Its forces have demolished Sufi shrines, Shia mosques, Christian churches, and ancient monuments they consider to be remnants of a corrupt and profane past.
Instead of protecting such profane contracts, the courts should treat the contracts themselves as exhibit A of a crime.
I thought about how this marvelous electric force not only gave motion, heat, and light to the Nautilus but even protected it against outside attack, transforming it into a sacred ark no profane hand could touch without being blasted; my wonderment was boundless, and it went from the submersible itself to the engineer who had created it.
Never had he dared to set foot in so profane a place; his heart beat violently.
My heart was filled with repugnance for so profane a spot; but I thought that my luncheon would cost me less there than at an inn.
Having let him sink deeper and deeper for twenty minutes, suddenly the examiner's face changed, and he delivered a stinging rebuke to Julien for having wasted his time in these profane studies, and stuffed his head with useless if not criminal thoughts.
"There is evil in thy conversation, profane man," cried the priest, raising his hands and casting his eyes upwards in holy horror; "so I will depart from thee unhurt, as Daniel was liberated from the lions' den.""Off with you, for a hypocritical, psalm-singing, canting rogue in disguise," said Mason scornfully.
"Then what the devil are you here for?""Sir, I am the station-master of this station, and it is prohibited using profane language to employees of this company."
"Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
..........5.He's expected at noon, and no wight till he comesMay profane the great chair, or the porridge of plumsFor the best of the cheer, and the seat by the fire,Is the undenied right of the Barefooted Friar.
your ladies are but sun-burned, if they are not worth the shiver of a broken lance?""The Brethren of the Temple," said the Grand Master, riding forward in advance of their body, "fight not on such idle and profane quarrel--and not with thee, Richard of England, shall a Templar cross lance in my presence.