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
It was and is a project of displacement and defilement meant to reverse progress and shame the proponents of that progress.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 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
It was simple and, since both Helmholtz and the Savage were dreadfully pained by the shattering and defilement of a favourite poetic crystal, extremely effective.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
