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Recent Examples of blaspheme
For his followers, blaspheming the Holocaust and celebrating Hitler became a way to signal contempt for the political religion of postwar liberalism.
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Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
China banned the ad for insulting national dignity and blaspheming traditional culture.
—Dr. Shan Nair, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Carter, along with President Gerald Ford, restored truth and honesty to the White House after Nixon blasphemed the White House with his corruption, his manipulation and his devious ways.
—Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam.
—New York Times, 4 May 2020
Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
China banned the ad for insulting national dignity and blaspheming traditional culture.
—Dr. Shan Nair, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2026
How to say anything about The Changeling without blaspheming its deep mystery, its reverence for the unspeakable, animal heart of creation?
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
Watching Rome, Shiv, and Ken attempt to battle, scrape, and betray their way into their father’s heart—and, conversely, seeing Logan withhold, meter out, and blaspheme his version of love back at them—propelled Succession through four glorious seasons.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Carter, along with President Gerald Ford, restored truth and honesty to the White House after Nixon blasphemed the White House with his corruption, his manipulation and his devious ways.
—Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 2024
Greg has been blasphemed on national hockey shows up there, eh?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Earlier this month, Abdul Rauf, a Muslim English teacher, was gunned down in Turbat after his students accused him of blaspheming in one of his lectures.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2023
In one infamous case in 2010, Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death, accused of blaspheming Islam.
—New York Times, 4 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blaspheme
Verb
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But in the early days of the Maniacs, everyone swears that Merchant was a shrieking dervish during shows, exorcising her teenage demons on the stage of every bar in the Rust Belt.—
Dan Kois,
Pitchfork,
17 May 2026
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During the middle of the day when the sun was brightest, visitors swore they had been transported to a faraway tropical island.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
Verb
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When Ahmed suggested that this was a bad idea, since Denise was the one who had been violent, Denise began cursing at him.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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With the Mets taking a 2-1 lead, Rodón, clearly unhappy, appeared to curse at himself as Austin Wells patted him on the shoulder.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2026
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“Blaspheme.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blaspheme. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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