defiling

Example Sentences

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Let’s start with the users defiling the site with parodies of Musk and prominent corporations.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2022

That meant a lot to all of us in this community who were dismayed to see hateful messages defiling a shared space where our kids play.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The country's blasphemy law prohibits disturbing a religious assembly, trespassing on burial grounds, insulting religious beliefs or intentionally destroying or defiling a place or an object of worship.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2022

"This is a defiling a classic," said another.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2022

He hid his terror in his heart, however, and addressed the stranger: “What country is your fatherland? No hateful and defiling lies, I beg you. Tell me the truth.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton