raped

Example Sentences

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Calocane, the inquiry was told, had attempted to force entry into a flat in the early hours, believing his mother was being raped inside the property, and was subsequently arrested.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

But these laws punish all women and girls: mothers and non-mothers, wives and single women, women who've had 100 partners and those who were virgins when raped.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2024

The French legalized abortion in 1975 after the high-profile case of a 16-year-old girl, Marie-Claire Chevalier, who was raped by a classmate and underwent an illegal abortion.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2024

A jury will be asked this week to decide how much more money Donald Trump will have to pay E. Jean Carroll, a writer, for defaming her after she said that he had raped her.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2024

But with the sense that she had impiously raped her joy from the heavens themselves came the exultation that not even the gods could ever take that from her.

From The Way of the Gods by Long, John Luther