bastardize

Example Sentences

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Duck à l’orange has a reputation as an archaic 1970s atrocity owing to American cooks bastardizing what should be a glistening garnish into a sickly-sweet goop.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

The show’s actors say they, too, have been struck by Lester’s sure hand in getting big laughs and by how she brings a modern sensibility to the role without bastardizing it.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022

The album honors the Black American folk tradition without bastardizing or commodifying it.

From Slate • Dec. 7, 2021

“I think it is absolutely ludicrous that two countries so blessed with such a wonderful product should be going to court and bastardizing the name manuka,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2019

I should haue bin that I am, had the maidenlest Starre in the Firmament twinkled on my bastardizing.

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William