bastardized
Example Sentences
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I was just picturing them both hating how I bastardized their song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
“My fear is that what was meant for good, in terms of pancreas donation, is being bastardized for self-preservation” by organ procurement organizations, he said in an interview.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2023
“They’ve bastardized the concept of what NFTs were supposed to be,” said Aja Trier, an artist in Texas whose work has been copied and sold on OpenSea.
From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2022
Yet, both self-care and kindness have been bastardized, transformed into ways to sell things that don’t materially help anyone except the seller’s bank account and the buyer’s own ego.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2020
"Really?" the lover said, although Yolanda had already filled him in on her family and her bastardized name—Yo, Joe, Yoyo.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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