desecrate

Example Sentences

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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

Any of Gein’s contemporaries who are still alive would have been too young to fully grasp the enormity of the way he desecrated the memory and bodies of their community’s loved ones.

From Salon

"We can turn the tables every time, and we can return every land desecrated by these traitors to the nation's fold," he said.

From BBC

But that doesn’t mean we should lie to ourselves about the FBI’s mission and history, or pretend that Patel has desecrated a noble, principled and independent institution.

From Salon

“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