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

Calling the painting "sick stuff," Giuliani whined, "you can't do things that desecrate the most personal and deeply held views of people in society."

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2023

Let’s not desecrate Lincoln Park with the constant noise that pickleball courts will bring.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023

Papa was anxious to please Grandpa, but not anxious enough to desecrate the Sabbath by singing songs like “Bird in a Gilded Cage” or “Waltz Me Around Again, Willie.”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

The confessional solo is a hallowed form downtown; Berlant desecrates it from every side.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

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

It desecrates no temple; but consecrates the universe.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

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

The crypt was also damaged during another break in, also in 2019, and the church said at the time that several mummified remains - including the 400-year-old remains of a nun - were desecrated.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2025

“It gets desecrated more and more every year,” Tortez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

“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 "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

If they were concerned at all about us desecrating the image of Shrek, we certainly did not feel that way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Castillo, 43, was sentenced to nine years for contempt, assault, public disorder and desecrating national symbols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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

The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree, but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston