1 Daughter," said Gerald rousing himself, "you are profane.
2 As if long habituated to such profane talk from his old shipmate, Bildad, without noticing his present irreverence, quietly looked up, and seeing me, glanced again inquiringly towards Peleg.
3 I apprehend that he is rather addicted to profane song.
4 Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster.
5 Added to his cruelty, he was a profane swearer.
6 He was less cruel, less profane, and made less noise, than Mr. Severe.
7 From another a shrill lamentation rang out filled with profane allusions to a general.
8 This seemed profane, and the prioress forbade it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—AUSTERITIES 9 An arcanum which no profane eye must penetrate.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER V—DISTRACTIONS 10 Beware of a profane taste in your theological style.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 26 ARAMIS AND HIS THESIS 11 I collected bones from charnel-houses and disturbed, with profane fingers, the tremendous secrets of the human frame.
12 "Nay; it would be sinful, in such a question, to follow the clue of profane philosophy," said Mr. Wilson.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER 13 May profane the great chair, or the porridge of plums.
14 Nor were they less careful to prevent any unhallowed layman from touching the pall, which, having been that used at the funeral of Saint Edmund, was liable to be desecrated, if handled by the profane.
15 It was pleasant after that honour to return to the profane world of spectators amid nudges and significant looks.