desecration

Example Sentences

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Certain hardline sections of the ultra-Orthodox community disagree with autopsies, saying any interference with a dead body is a desecration according to the Torah.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

West Virginia, Massachusetts, South Dakota, Louisiana, Iowa, Illinois—these isolated local stories are combining to mark a nationwide desecration of the dead.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

But Roberts’ opinion is a severe distortion of Jackson’s legacy—and, indeed, it is no overstatement to say that it is a desecration of Jackson’s memory and his heroic service as Nuremberg prosecutor.

From Slate • Sep. 1, 2025

"I'll have a profound sense of sadness that there would be the desecration of this part of England when there is a better alternative," Ralph Fiennes says.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2025

Though it is his last name, too, something tells Gogol that the desecration is intended for his parents more than Sonia and him.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri