Clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an irreverent reply. From Dictionary.com.
The following explanation of the name irreverently applied to the Bank of England is from H.rry H. Bell, Louisville, Kentucky. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
He studies an irreverent art form irreverently, which is as it should be. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review: The American Burlesque Show] Reference
Handle it irreverently and you will have no vision. From Wordnik.com. [And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses] Reference
"The boss of the caboose," grinned Tony irreverently. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
We are pained when we hear God's name used irreverently. From Wordnik.com. [Higher Lessons in English A work on english grammar and composition] Reference
"Fulness of de fiddlesticks!" said Candace, irreverently. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
On account of this they are irreverently dubbed 'Coal-boxes,'. From Wordnik.com. [Tommy Atkins at War As Told in His Own Letters] Reference
"Tomato sauce, more likely," said another voice irreverently. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
He irreverently pats the head of a one-ton white marble Lenin. From Wordnik.com. [Building 'Stalinworld'] Reference
Because typically, Don speaks irreverently to powerful people. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2007] Reference
Corn cultivated by an old maid is irreverently called pop-corn. From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870] Reference
That whosoever should blaspheme or talk irreverently of the name of. From Wordnik.com. [The Isle Of Pines (1668) and An Essay in Bibliography by Worthington Chauncey Ford] Reference
At first we wondered who the personality so irreverently described as. From Wordnik.com. [Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben] Reference
Napoleon was irreverently printed Napalean, and the Revolution was the. From Wordnik.com. [The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author] Reference
Palladium of our liberty and safety, the least irreverently spoken of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859] Reference
We love how irreverently he behaved at the Rat Pack tour press conference. From Wordnik.com. [Dino: That's Amore] Reference
I used to speak irreverently of the declarations of the Srutis and address. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Soon she was pelting, irreverently, her painter with a shower of loose pebbles. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
Nassau, the "King Conch" as he was irreverently styled by us outside barbarians. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
The unfortunate man needed not the champion who had stood so irreverently forward. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
The bulbous cupolas surmounted with sharply tapering spires, irreverently nicknamed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876] Reference
There is no man in England who is less likely to speak irreverently of the Crown and. From Wordnik.com. [MacMillan's Reading Books Book V] Reference
Another, Smash Hits, printed 250,000 stickers that irreverently read: "I Love Willy.". From Wordnik.com. [Snog Bait] Reference
"Where the devil," he asked irreverently, "did they come by all those live flowers in December?". From Wordnik.com. [One Night for Love]
For an hour, we scarfed slices like college kids and irreverently dissected the talk with the maximum Soviet leader. From Wordnik.com. [The Kay We Loved] Reference
Antonio and "the Sals," as the class irreverently styled his friends, were chatting composedly together in front of it. From Wordnik.com. [Betty Wales Senior] Reference
La Bourdaisière rather irreverently observes: "Je croy que le bonhomme pense que le roy dechiffre luy mesme ses lettres!". From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
This equipage had such a holiday look about it, that one of our fellows irreverently asked if "Sanger's circus was coming!". From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
The principal entrance of the bank is on Threadneedle Street, but why it is irreverently called "the Old Lady" I do not know. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, December 16, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
I have for a great number of years discarded the conventional glass eyes -- glass buttons I have heard them irreverently termed!. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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