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as in unholy
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as in pernicious
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Recent Examples of ungodly
The dreadful inscribing machine and its ungodly purpose are described in meticulous detail—their spectacular efficiency and even more spectacular collapse.
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Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Oh, and he’s taken an ungodly number of hits while barely missing a single snap.
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Williams displayed graphics that showed off confiscated unmarked AR-15s, ammunition, and an ungodly amount of baby oil and lubricant.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for ungodly
Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 2 May 2024
Oh, and he’s taken an ungodly number of hits while barely missing a single snap.
—Kevin Fishbain, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
Through a melodic flow of political parlance and an impressive stable of sprightly actors, creator Debora Cahn stages a spirited play about political relationships — and relationship politics — that never feels stodgy or stupefying, despite an ungodly amount of dialogue.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
Williams displayed graphics that showed off confiscated unmarked AR-15s, ammunition, and an ungodly amount of baby oil and lubricant.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungodly
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An unholy brew of ownership issues, leadership vacuums, stubbornness, terrible hires and nostalgia forced the orange and blue to spend a decade in the NFL wilderness before Dove Valley tasted the playoffs again.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
23 Mar. 2025
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This sound, we’re meant to understand, is the unholy sound that the Yellowjackets have been hearing in the woods.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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The direct cost of the tariffs on aerospace is estimated to be as high as $5 Billion, but the real cost is far more pernicious.—
Jerrold Lundquist,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many scandals arise from the occasion of these activities, and adulteries and other outrageous crimes are committed as a clear offence to God, a very serious danger to the souls of those committing them, and a pernicious example to others.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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This attempt to turn back the clock included the purging of Christian texts from schools, the conversion of Christian churches into pagan temples, and religious persecution as it had been practiced in centuries past.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
22 Feb. 2025
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Over time, my conquistadors retired, and my pagan temples got demolished to make way for grocery stores.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
12 Feb. 2025
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Everyone knew it, especially when some San Francisco Giants batters took ugly hacks against it in the first inning.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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Win that one, too, of course, and the No. 1-seed Cleveland Cavaliers and the best record in the NBA Eastern Conference would await to very likely only elongate the end for this Heat season and end it ugly. Do not expect a play-in to the Finals miracle run like Miami pulled off two years ago.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Cincinnati Bengals welcome the media heathen universe for a gab session/sitdown, linen-tablecloth lunch known in This Space as The Mock Turtle Soupfest and Weenie Roast.—
Paul Daugherty,
Cincinnati.com,
28 May 2019
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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
Adjective
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As for the place, its veneer of comfortable tourism doesn’t hide the air of something unwholesome, especially when female guests start randomly throwing up.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Feb. 2024
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Less visibly, Manton operated a side business with a more unwholesome objective: cashing in on his status and power as a judge.—
Time,
Time,
25 July 2023
Adjective
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
2 July 2024
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This game must have seemed profane to the Greeks, or even impious.—
Simone Weil,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
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But reality constantly intrudes through the depraved lives of the other street people, the harsh and ugly sounds, and visits from his paying admirers.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2025
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New details are emerging about the depraved living conditions of a Connecticut man allegedly locked in a room by his stepmother for over 20 years.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Ungodly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungodly. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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