- present participle of desecrate.
desecrating
Example Sentences
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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
Offenders could face up to three months in prison and a £1,000 fine for desecrating the monument to Britain's wartime leader.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
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
Below and ahead of them, lit up like a ghastly funfair, was a rectangle of stark, garish white light desecrating an otherwise blacked-out landscape.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
