I. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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College officials expressed concern over profane language used in the play.
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Taylor was a loud, profane man.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bates plays Kushnick with shrill, profane gusto, literally scorching the earth with her incendiary lungs.
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Dear Sam, she read, shaking her head at the profane groveling, the threatening accusations....
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It is still an offence to use obscene, profane or indecent language in an Aberdeen street.
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Its not a time to be profane , Newland.
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Nothing was divine any more; everything was profane .
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Part of this culture was a certain distinction between what made up the sacred and what made up the profane spheres.
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Throughout his career, the profane would compete with the sacred when Alvin contemplated themes for ballets.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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By healing the man is he keeping the Sabbath Holy or profaning it?.
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It profaned the very bonds of speech.
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Sizzle and aroma do not profane the all-pervading stillness.
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The exact manner in which the body of the Saint was profaned is unknown.
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The white faces of saints had grown insane and bloated, their purity profaned.