defilement
Example Sentences
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Stepping out of the car, she was “completely shocked” by the defilement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2024
A bad apple might be icky and distasteful, but befouled meat caused a related, but totally distinct, sensation cluster of contamination, queasiness and defilement.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021
It holds, appropriately, kid-size glass sculptures that evoke fairy-tale innocence and real-world defilement.
From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021
Hazzauna's shame was her deepest secret and yet she felt the defilement left her oddly transparent.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2012
It reminded me that even the dead possessed HaShem’s sanctity and divine beauty and that no manner of defilement could take that away.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.