Sentence examples for unholy act from inspiring English sources
The South African photographer and queer activist Zanele Muholi updates the classic ethnological tableau of an exotic, all but nude "native maiden" by having a model of ambiguous sex play the part, while a portrait painting by a popular artist from Ghana, Kwame Akoto, who goes by the professional name of Almighty God, declares through an inscription that cross-dressing is an unholy act.
Even if they had rejected the faith after it had been properly preached to them (but "I hear only of provocations, savage crimes, and multitudes of unholy acts" on the part of the Spaniards, p. 271), they could still not justly be despoiled of their possessions.
Is it possible to redeem such a place, ground hallowed not because of holy deeds done, but instead made sacred by the unthinkably unholy acts that transpired here?
If a human father decided to throw his child in a fireplace for just ten seconds as punishment for disobedience, we wouldn't fault the father simply for being unsentimental: we would say such behavior was unholy, an act of torture in violation of our most fundamental sense of justice.
The laws -- or Religious Freedom Restoration Acts -- are made possible by an unholy alliance between the religious right and mainstream liberals.
Unholy sandal-trainer hybrids.
Unholy laughter was rising.
