desecrate

“Excessively entertainment-oriented portrayals desecrate the nation’s suffering and disrespect the people who made sacrifices,” read a recent commentary published in the state-run Economic Daily newspaper.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

Roberts, 52, can’t see how such a massive development wouldn’t desecrate what is to his people a sacred and historically rich locale.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024

Much of the city is in shock to see how graffiti has been allowed to desecrate our streets, highways, onramps, tunnels and private property over the past several years.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2024

“We can’t just take, defile and desecrate someone’s body without consent,” Numa says.

From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2024

“Someone,” William barreled on, “we believe Prior Michelangelo, sent men to Ville Sainte-Geneviève to desecrate the holy dog’s grave. This girl, Jeanne, had a vision it would happen.”

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

The Sunday Telegraph says ministers are considering proposals to jail for 10 years anyone who desecrates a war memorial.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 14, 2020

Electronic advertising desecrates the bridges, but boringly so, and outside the window of Owen’s Roosevelt Island apartment, a neon ad for Oral-B alternates with one for Jolly Rancher.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2018

Mr. Khan had filed a brief in the case with a stark personal appeal to the court, saying Mr. Trump’s policy desecrates the memory of his son, U.S.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2018

Some purists may feel that all this desecrates the temple of sushi.

From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2015

I will have nothing in common with the Messalina who desecrates her sovereignty by the commission of every unwomanly crime; and as for Frederick of Prussia, I mistrust him.

From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

In 2013, attackers desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

But tech titan Elon Musk has taken to X on multiple occasions to criticize the film, which in his opinion "desecrated" the story.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

I regretted being honest, because in the moment, it felt as though honesty had desecrated the connection Allen and I were building.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2025

In a London auditorium, a work of art is being desecrated.

From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2024

All this was surrounded by a white picket fence built so sturdily that the Chateau Martinez was the only place in town which had never been desecrated by Pacheco’s pig.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

The practice has alarmed de la Espriella’s political opponents and human-rights groups, who accuse him of displaying the dead as trophies and violating international rules that prohibit desecrating those killed in operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

A US Supreme Court decision has ruled that burning the US national flag is protected under the First Amendment, invalidating state laws against desecrating the Stars and Stripes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

That finding strengthened the case against the cemetery workers, who were ultimately convicted in 2015 of desecrating human remains.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

A hospitalman at the former Naval Hospital in Chelsea, Mass., was charged with, among other things, desecrating the flag by blowing his nose on one.

From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025

Then she gave me a toss of her head and marched off to the SIM to collect what-ever her charge was for desecrating.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez