profane - use in sentences

Object

  • Sabbath: We are warned not to take photographs, write notes or do anything else which might seem to profane the Sabbath.
  • covenant: Why do we profane the covenant of our fathers by breaking faith with one another?
  • name: Or if I have too little I'll steal and profane the name of my God.
  • thing: He must not profane these holy things, because I am the Lord and I make them holy.

Modifies a noun

  • language: There should be no use of foul or profane language.
  • history: Yet, like all other countries, the United States exists within profane history.
  • person: He is warning us of the approach of some profane person, and tells us to seek some other retreat to renew our pleasures.
  • word: I spoke to God and I used profane words.
  • world: Humanity, however, has forgotten its divine origins and has become mired in the profane world of desire and material form.
  • man: In our downfall this audacious and profane man undertakes to violate the holy place on earth dedicated to your glorious name.

Modifying Another Word

  • so: You will not so profane the Lord's name.
  • not: Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God.
  • too: And nothing, it seems, is too profane or too outrageous to be fused with " worship.
  • only: When he violates this sacred trust, he not only profanes his entire cult but threatens the very fabric of international society.

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