desecrating

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 • Mar. 6, 2026

Rodrigues is in the business of bluntly desecrating institutions and idols.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023

The company, which is known to mine iron ore, copper, lithium, aluminum and other materials, has previously been accused of desecrating Indigenous lands.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2023

Days before she had been accused of desecrating the national flag after she was caught on camera resting her bare feet on a table in front of the Indian colours.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2023

Below and ahead of them, lit up like a ghastly funfair, was a rectangle of stark, garish white light desecrating an otherwise blacked-out landscape.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein