desecrating
Example Sentences
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He said that he hopes to be released in July, when he finishes serving his five-year sentence for contempt, 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
Then she gave me a toss of her head and marched off to the SIM to collect what-ever her charge was for desecrating.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
