IMPIOUS in a Sentence

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Example sentences for IMPIOUS, such as:

1. Good cannot have an impious servitor.
2. The congregation was offended by her impious remarks.
3. But it were impious to trace any farther the picture of the blasphemer and parricide's deathbed.
4. I say it only shows his foolish, impious pride, and abominable, devilish rebellion against the reverend clergy.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPIOUS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
impious
 a.  irreverent; lacking due respect or dutifulness
Classic Sentence:
1  Good cannot have an impious servitor.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE BISHOP IN THE PRESENCE OF AN UNKNOWN LIGHT
2  He there condemned society, and felt that he was becoming wicked; he there condemned Providence, and was conscious that he was becoming impious.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII—THE INTERIOR OF DESPAIR
3  I feel myself drawn toward you--I, who have never loved anyone but my benefactor--I who have met with nothing but traitors and impious men.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
4  I say it only shows his foolish, impious pride, and abominable, devilish rebellion against the reverend clergy.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
5  The supporters of the maiden raised their ready tomahawks with the impious joy that fiends are thought to take in mischief, but Magua stayed the uplifted arms.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
6  'But I forgive you, Mr. Copperfield,' said Uriah, making his forgiving nature the subject of a most impious and awful parallel, which I shall not record.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 61. I AM SHOWN TWO INTERESTING PENITENTS
7  But it were impious to trace any farther the picture of the blasphemer and parricide's deathbed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
Example Sentence:
1  The congregation was offended by her impious remarks.