profanely
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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John B. McLemore, a profanely outspoken, brilliant and troubled restorer of antique clocks, emerged a national figure in 2017 with the podcast “S-Town.”
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2024
The show traded skin-deep access for celebrity brand-building, letting supermodels present themselves as relatable homebodies and showcasing the profanely rich as humble.
From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2018
In speeches and on social media, John Legere, the chief executive of T-Mobile, has built a reputation of emphatically, if sometimes profanely, promoting T-Mobile’s services, often at the expense of the competition.
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2015
The novel's two heroines both fall in love with a masterful Indian prince�one sacredly, the other profanely.
From Time Magazine Archive
This Club, limited to twelve members, was called somewhat profanely "The Twelve Apostles," though of what they were Apostles I cannot make out.
From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, December 10, 1887 by Various
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