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Recent Examples of ungodly
Sensabaugh sensation One direct byproduct of the Bulls’ inability to defend the point of attack is the possibility in any game for a relatively unknown player to rip off an ungodly amount of points.
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Nineteenth century reformers and religious authorities condemned the circus as an ungodly, drunken spectacle ripe with gender transgressions and obscenities.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Who would dare argue against the ungodly devastation Jews experienced?
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
In the height of World War II, Johann Schmidt uncovers a weapon called the Tesseract and is keen on unlocking its ungodly powers.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
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Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Nineteenth century reformers and religious authorities condemned the circus as an ungodly, drunken spectacle ripe with gender transgressions and obscenities.
—Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Who would dare argue against the ungodly devastation Jews experienced?
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
In the height of World War II, Johann Schmidt uncovers a weapon called the Tesseract and is keen on unlocking its ungodly powers.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungodly
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The song evokes the chaos, tragedy, and soul of the Stewart clan like nothing else, the performance an unholy hybrid of rock, country, bluegrass, blues, and even psychedelia.—
Jonathan Bernstein,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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As a result, politicians are indebted to a few hundred billionaires who drop unholy amounts of cash every election cycle.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2026
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So when and why did humans fall prey to such a pernicious threat?—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
26 Feb. 2026
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While critiques of America’s pernicious gambling culture and hypocritical application to athletes never overwhelm the story (or even develop beyond a few jabs per episode), Season 1 lays the groundwork to delve deeper later on while hitting plenty of targets here and now.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
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Wild rhythms evoke the rupture of that earth, making way for the pagan rituals that herald the arrival of spring.—
Luis Palomares,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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The group – which touts itself as a pagan collective that worships Norse gods – also took credit for originally catapulting Springfield onto the national stage by amplifying ugly memes about the Haitians.—
Caitlin Hu,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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This game started ugly, but the Jayhawks built a 38-18 halftime lead on the back of their defense.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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Pushing too much hostility between team members or pushing Anthony too hard to be the peacekeeper could easily create an ugly atmosphere that spoils the vibe.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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My dad was raised Methodist and comes from a very devout Methodist family — I was baptized twice because both of them thought the other thing was heathen.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Some of my brethren and sis-tren (sis-tren?) in the heathen media tribe get all riled up if a player or coach won’t speak to them.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
30 May 2019
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Grievous bodily harm, nonconsensual drugging, murder, yes…still, thank god there’s nothing unwholesome here, like say a man in a dress.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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The public, however, knew what to expect from this unwholesome mixture of politics and celebrity and didn’t tune in.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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While no formal announcement has been made to update its longstanding alcohol ban, Andrew Leber of Tulane University said this is in line with the Kingdom’s past approach to such potentially impious reforms.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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The only true dictionary is the lost one, the dictionary of the language that perished when the impious tower was built: the original language, God’s language.—
Mariana Dimópulos,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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Cast against type, Stamos has fun slyly underplaying a thoroughly depraved character.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Maybe the regime just takes a new form, an equally depraved regime.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Ungodly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungodly. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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