desecrate

Example Sentences

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Westminster Mall, a once-popular shopping center that has been desecrated by graffiti and vandalism since it closed last year, is on track for demolition soon.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m an old man. I am no use without the river, and I will not live to see it desecrated.”

From Literature

Her statement on X claimed the protestors were “desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers.”

From Salon

“And it’s not just Wall Street. It’s that lovely stretch of land by the sea that has since been desecrated by that horrid carnival.”

From Literature

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