profane
adjective
characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
have profaned
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present perfectof profane.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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During the two days and nights that Marshal Ferdinand Foch lay in state, last week?beneath the Emperor Napoleon's tremendous Arch of Triumph?the government suppressed and darkened every electric sign which might have profaned the scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
A red-handled fly swatter reposes by his desk; few insects have profaned its orderly surface without becoming casualties of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think the furies, 172 To whom this grove is hallowed, have inspired you: Now, by my soul, the holiest earth of Thebes You have profaned with war.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
It would have been a sacrilege to have profaned the holy island, not only with an unlawful act but even with a worldly imagination.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thebaud
Nay more, in order to hold your horse-races, you have profaned graves, and not suffered the dead to rest in peace!
