bastardize

Example Sentences

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It's not coincidental that the way they're bastardized and depleted serves certain interests.

From Salon

But it also elides an inconvenient truth about mainstream filmmaking that most screenwriters would prefer go un-emphasized, which is that their craft has always been a bastardized art form.

From Washington Post

But the posts I'm most drawn to feature pizza — the practically universal American comfort food that we love to bastardize.

From Salon

“I feel like many people don’t realize that they bastardize ASL, and it harms more than it helps,” Bienvenu told Amanda.

From New York Times

That was always going to be a bastardized version of a baseball season, without fans in the seats and with manufactured crowd noise piped pumped into the stadium and broadcast feeds.

From Washington Post