| 1. | O, let no noble eye profane a tea. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 2. | Then he falls into a silence which it seems quite profane to interrupt. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 3. | a most profane and liberal counselo. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | So idly to profane the precious time. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | If I profane with my unworthiest han. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | We should profane the service of the dea. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | Lest I too much profane should do it wron. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | Nor let those lips profane the name of king. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 9. | Which our profane hours here have thrown down. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 10. | Our joys profaned by each familiar ey. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 11. | That have profaned their scarlet ornaments. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 12. | Had his great name profaned with their scorn. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 13. | Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. - from The King James Bible |
| 14. | Those books, both prose and verse, are consecrated to me by other associations and I hate to have them debased and profaned in his mout. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 15. | A feeling such as his was profaned by talk of the rivalry of some Petersburg officer, of the suppositions and the counsels of Stepan Arkadyevitch. - from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy |
| 16. | I do not suppose that for the world they would have profaned that moment with the slightest observation, even upon so neutral a topic as the weather. - from Moby Dick; or The Whale by Herman Melville |
| 17. | Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. - from The King James Bible |
| 18. | But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. - from The King James Bible |