DESECRATE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for DESECRATE, such as:
1. She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader.
2. Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
3. A feeling of pain crept over him as he thought of the desecration that was in store for the fair face on the canvas.
2. Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
3. A feeling of pain crept over him as he thought of the desecration that was in store for the fair face on the canvas.
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Meanings and Examples of DESECRATE
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desecrate
v. violate the sacred character of a place or language
v. remove the consecration from a person or an object
Classic Sentence:
1 She thought she was prospering finely, but unconsciously she was beginning to desecrate some of the womanliest attributes of a woman's character.
2 He could not admit that he was mistaken then, for his spiritual condition then was precious to him, and to admit that it was a proof of weakness would have been to desecrate those moments.
3 Nor were they less careful to prevent any unhallowed layman from touching the pall, which, having been that used at the funeral of Saint Edmund, was liable to be desecrated, if handled by the profane.
4 A feeling of pain crept over him as he thought of the desecration that was in store for the fair face on the canvas.
Example Sentence:
1 Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrate the sanctuary.
2 She shouldn't have desecrated the picture of a religious leader.