defilement

Example Sentences

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It holds, appropriately, kid-size glass sculptures that evoke fairy-tale innocence and real-world defilement.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

Without fanfare or warning, P&D no longer looks like a bizarre defilement, breach or disruption of anything at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Hazzauna's shame was her deepest secret and yet she felt the defilement left her oddly transparent.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2012

"Moreover the main provisions of this bill were designed to stem the issue of defilement and rape which in the minds of Ugandans is a more pressing and urgent matter that needs to be addressed."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 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