desecrated
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 • Feb. 10, 2026
“It gets desecrated more and more every year,” Tortez said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
In a London auditorium, a work of art is being desecrated.
From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024
But Audubon was also a slaveholder who opposed abolition and desecrated the graves of Native Americans, a legacy which still causes harm today, Wells said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
It is comforting to discover that I am not, after all, the only Judas to have been interned behind these desecrated hotel walls.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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