(1) Vulgar or irreverent speech or action.
(2) Foul language.
(1) Mercedes was taken back by the sudden change of emotion on Jake's face and his abrupt outburst of profanity .
(2) Throughout, these figures mirror humanity in all its pomposity and haplessness, calculation and honesty, devotion and infidelity, profanity and piety.
(3) Janis Joplin is fined $200 for violating local profanity and obscenity laws for her performance after a concert in Tampa, Florida.
(4) We need not offer any apologies for that just because the forces of profanity seem to be powerful.
(5) We hastily examined the despatched message to check that an obscenity or profanity had not somehow slipped in, or that a word could have been misinterpreted.
(6) Whenever I use profanity in my posts, the language in the comments inevitably becomes coarser.
(7) Similarly, don't use profanity , obscenity, slander or libel.
(8) Others, touching on areas that range from elements of sexuality, to the treatment of the dead and dying, to bodily indignity and even profanity and sacrilege, are of course more controversial.
(9) Religious scholars and students were moved by it as a piece of Jewish and Israeli literature that functioned neither as a traditional religious text nor as a profanity of sacred ideas.
(10) An outburst of profanity
(11) We cut back to the splitscreen view so we can also see the studio anchorman, who's obviously similarly at a loss by the outburst of profanity .
(12) His highly polished boots and the ivory-handled revolvers strapped to his hips were all part of this posturing, as was the profanity of his language.
(13) Not by abandoning all to profanity , but by extending the reach of sacred time and space.
(14) But the key words in understanding swearing, as opposed to coarse language or mere profanity , are taboo and shock.
(15) Now let me be quite clear that I'm not the kind of person given to the use of profanity or offensive language.
(16) The atmosphere of the billiard room, it was suggested in South Shields, was also conducive to profanity and bad language.
(17) The profanity of medieval gargoyles contrast with sacred images decorating doorways and the interior of churches, though grotesque imagery on a smaller scale is found here too.
(18) While this may seem a bit simplistic, it actually describes how profanity can exist in a sacred universe.
(19) Zora raises her hand: u2018Never use profanity or inappropriate language.u2019
(20) This was in the notorious letter to Michelangelo, published in 1550, in which the writer roundly denounced the pagan profanity and immoderate artistic license of The Last Judgment.
(21) This is a clash between piety and profanity , between light and darkness, between the path to Paradise and the way to Hell.
(22) Despite gospel-centred ministries, and various societies dedicated to moral reform, homosexuality, profanity , immorality, drunkenness and gluttony were widespread.
(23) An outburst of profanity
(24) The question of sanctity versus profanity is one which every Pagan, Wiccan, or Witch confronts and comes to terms with at some point on their spiritual path.
(25) That means the music is turned down to a tolerable level and the arguments peppered with colourful church-related profanities begins.
(26) Interestingly enough, I avoided emitting a stream of profanities as I made a completely futile attempt to steer.
(27) When a song makes you want to get up and dance, hug someone, grope someone and shout profanities all at once, is it special or are you?
(28) I won't even delve into the profanities this elicited in explosive bursts as I read his latest missive taking me to task for this or that.
(29) Looking over my shoulder, it was alarming to see 20 people in black charging through gravestones, mouthing profanities .
(30) And then, all of a sudden Garrett is taking a solo so unbelievably impassioned, he has me screaming profanities .
oath
swear word
expletive
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four-letter word
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foul language
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