had profaned
- past perfect of profane.
Example Sentences
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After this, Judas and his brethren came to Jerusalem, pulled down the altar which the heathen had profaned, and set up a new altar.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
He had profaned love itself—the holiest of earth's mysteries—and she resented the action, although she might gain by it her own freedom and happiness.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
The covenant-people which, inwardly, had submitted to the world, which, by its own guilt, had profaned itself, was, outwardly also, given up to the world, and was profaned in punishment.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Dread, not unmingled with the superstitious fear that he had profaned a holy place by laying himself down in it, is his prevailing feeling, and he pleads ignorance as the excuse for his sacrilege.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
The people could hardly expect to resist the invaders, for their warrior king, Loku, had profaned the word of the god, and, in the form of a lizard, was fulfilling his punishment.
From Philippine Folklore Stories by Miller, John Maurice
