desecrate

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily

“I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone’s private memorial,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Westminster Mall, a once-popular shopping center that has been desecrated by graffiti and vandalism since it closed last year, is on track for demolition soon.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m an old man. I am no use without the river, and I will not live to see it desecrated.”

From Literature

Her statement on X claimed the protestors were “desecrating a house of worship and interfering with Christian worshippers.”

From Salon