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
Many Irishmen were profanely skeptical, but the program so far has proved a gallivanting success.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though thou hast lost this last unlucky hole, I say again, betake thee not to swearing, Or any form of speech profanely daring, Though some allege it tendeth to console.
From Poems on Golf by Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society
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