desecrate

“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 ● Sep. 27, 2025

Tension was brewing between us, but I was terrified to address it and desecrate our sacred platonic bond as roommates.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

DunKley said Harvard’s refusal to take full responsibility has done more to desecrate the donation process than those who allegedly stole body parts.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

Calling the painting "sick stuff," Giuliani whined, "you can't do things that desecrate the most personal and deeply held views of people in society."

From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2023

They joined ecstatic cults and allowed sick refugees to desecrate the great temples, where they died untended.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Electronic advertising desecrates the bridges, but boringly so, and outside the window of Owen’s Roosevelt Island apartment, a neon ad for Oral-B alternates with one for Jolly Rancher.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 21, 2018

Mr. Khan had filed a brief in the case with a stark personal appeal to the court, saying Mr. Trump’s policy desecrates the memory of his son, U.S.

From Washington Times ● May 17, 2018

“It’s everything that rock’n’roll isn’t. It sort of desecrates the name of rock’n’roll.”

From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2016

But for many of those who grieve, I suspect just talking about the quality of this memorial as a public space desecrates the site.

From New York Times ● May 28, 2014

While the ambitious world of wealth and power despises him, he in his turn thinks that the world's touch desecrates him who has been made sacred by the touch of his Lover.

From Creative Unity by Rabindranath Tagore

They added that a copy of the Sikh scripture inside the temple was also reportedly desecrated.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

In 2013, attackers desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

But tech titan Elon Musk has taken to X on multiple occasions to criticize the film, which in his opinion "desecrated" the story.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

“It gets desecrated more and more every year,” Tortez said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2024

She was suddenly struck with the fear that Lena hadn’t ever meant for her to pick up the ring or the bones, and that she’d just desecrated a corpse for no reason.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

A US Supreme Court decision has ruled that burning the US national flag is protected under the First Amendment, invalidating state laws against desecrating the Stars and Stripes.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

If they were concerned at all about us desecrating the image of Shrek, we certainly did not feel that way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Castillo, 43, was sentenced to nine years for contempt, assault, public disorder and desecrating national symbols.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

That finding strengthened the case against the cemetery workers, who were ultimately convicted in 2015 of desecrating human remains.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026

Then she gave me a toss of her head and marched off to the SIM to collect what-ever her charge was for desecrating.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez