do violence to
Example Sentences
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As professors Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner observe, construing the word “whoever” to mean “whoever except the president” would do violence to the English language.
From Slate • Apr. 30, 2024
But a panel of five judges on the Court of Final Appeal unanimously overturned both the conviction and sentence on Friday, saying such a wide interpretation "would do violence to the language".
From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2022
Perhaps Americans have become accustomed to the president’s tweets and don’t believe he would do violence to his primary communications platform.
From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2020
“If we are to reject speech because it comes from an unorthodox group, we do violence to the very underpinnings of our notions of liberty,” Randazza and Wolman wrote.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2018
Maybe you can get a newspaper connection that will bring you in a small income without compelling you to do violence to your literary conscience.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose
