defiled

Example Sentences

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You’d never know the terrible mayhem that was visited on the seat of our national government, or the way our country and democracy were defiled that pitch-black day.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly 20 years later, vandals dug up and defiled corpses.

From Los Angeles Times

In his resignation letter, he said the CCC had been "defiled", accusing the ruling Zanu-PF party of being behind the move - allegations it denied.

From BBC

And soldiers and volunteer medics recalled finding more than 30 defiled bodies of women and girls.

From New York Times

The Seleucids captured the holy Temple of Jerusalem and defiled it by erecting an altar to the Greek god Zeus inside.

From National Geographic