blaspheme
verb (used with object)
to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
blasphemes
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present tense formof blaspheme (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The consistent mind mocks and distorts life itself, blasphemes and perverts everything in a uni verse that insists on motion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lost lilies, bruised and sodden; Lost faces, gleaming there, Where misery blasphemes the sacred young!
From The Singing Man A Book of Songs and Shadows by Josephine Preston Peabody
There is no blasphemy but the avowal of thought, and he who speaks what he thinks blasphemes.
From Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc. by Robert Green Ingersoll
The greedy tradesman blasphemes over his losses; he lies and perjures himself over the price of his wares.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Saint Thomas Aquinas
It is not certain that he blasphemes," replied the Caliph: "every man may call himself a prophet, provided he proves his mission by miracles.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
