defiling
Example Sentences
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Coming to grips with the experience of that landscape was a major turning point in my understanding about the degree to which we as a species are capable of defiling our planet.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023
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
"This is a defiling a classic," said another.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2022
"Without being able to arrest people, when we just fine them, they are probably making more money of the production of the things that are defiling the environment," the actor said in his welcome speech.
From Fox News ● Jun. 1, 2021
We are all our beautiful bodies and so must never be prostrate before barbarians, must never submit our original self, our one of one, to defiling and plunder.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
