sacrilegiously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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It has clams — sometimes still in their shell — plus, some would say sacrilegiously, pecorino Romano cheese, along with garlic, dried chile, and perhaps oregano or parsley.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2023
“That team was exciting that year, obviously led by Scottie and Toni Kukoc,” Wade said, forgetting Horace Grant and, sacrilegiously, Coach Phil Jackson.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
Is she not an object of pity or contempt, when thus sacrilegiously violating the purity of her own feelings?
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
The draft is a dire necessity; but it could have been avoided if time, men, and the people's enthusiasm had not been so sacrilegiously wasted.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
But that did not mean that Bill would wear "blinders," or that he would sleep with his head under his tarp for fear of finding out what black-hearted renegade had sacrilegiously borrowed Jake.
From Skyrider by Anton Otto Fischer
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