H. P. Lovecraft

Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.

American Novelist

James E. Faust

We unavoidably stand in so many unholy places and are subjected to so much that is vulgar, profane, and destructive of the Spirit of the Lord that I encourage our Saints all over the world, wherever possible, to strive to stand more often in holy places.

American Clergyman

Sarah Weinman

Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.

American Journalist

Marianne Williamson

We have allowed an unholy alliance of government - the new monarchy - and corporate influence - the new aristocracy - to take control of events in a way that would have made our Founders shudder.

American Author

David Eddings

I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

Valerie Plame

Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.

American Writer

Rajnath Singh

Those who are not giving up their nefarious activities even in the holy month of Ramzan, should their activities not be called unholy?

Indian Politician

Marriage, like everything else in the world, is holy or unholy depending on the purpose the mind ascribes to it.

Hilaire Belloc

Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out.

English Poet

Unholy often carries negative moral judgment and condemnation.

Negative Connotation

Using 'unholy' adds strong emphasis to the negative quality of something.

Strong Emphasis

Sometimes used hyperbolically to describe a very chaotic or disorderly situation.

Hyperbolic Tone

'Unholy' implies something offensive or disrespectful to religious beliefs or sacred things.

Religious Disrespect

Be aware of different religious contexts; what's unholy to some may not be to others.

Cultural Sensitivity

'Unholy' is often used to describe actions or things that are directly contrary to religious teachings or doctrines.

Contrary to Religion

It can refer to situations that are so extreme or abnormal they're almost shocking.

Beyond Norms

Unholy is used to emphasize the shock or surprise at the magnitude or intensity of something.

Expressing Surprise

 sections of gorgeous light and beautiful, beautiful tranquility, punctuated by moments of unholy chaos that are known as rapids. And it's inside of those rapids that some of the real sort of savagery

Grand Canyon Adventure:...

 but usually included beheadings, burnings, and staking the body to the coffin to prevent it from getting up. Grizzly stuff! But what the villagers interpreted as unholy reanimation

Vampires: Folklore,...

 But her mind is awhirl When she finds the tomb empty Straw had been rolled Not a sign of a corpse In the dark and the cold When she reaches the door Sees an unholy sight