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
“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
Do not do violence to the author’s tone, manner, nature, style, thumbprint.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 14, 2015
In other words, if the example does not do violence to Professor Cohen's thought, I can quite understand this paper as a stimulator of criticism, or as a means of kindling a fire.
From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.
