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

“Actually, I was wondering if you had some clothes I could borrow that don’t smell completely like a desecrated pig,” Gibby said.

From Literature

“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

One middle-aged American man wore a cream dinner jacket to be desecrated as a souvenir.

From BBC

It calls for the reform of ancient burial laws and making desecrating a body its own offence.

From BBC