Example sentences for: desecration

How can you use “desecration” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He actually thought Andres Serrano's "Piss Christ," another act of scatological desecration, was pretty to look at (though he thought the idea it conveyed a bit childish).

  • The House overwhelmingly passed--again--a constitutional amendment to ban the desecration of the American flag . Massachusetts Rep.-turned-gubernatorial candidate Joe Kennedy raised eyebrows by speaking in favor of the amendment.

  • The low moment was in 1989, when, under no pressure from anyone, he proposed a law to ban "desecration" of both the American and Arkansas flags.

  • The operation was carried out by stealth to avoid exposing the then Communist regime of East Germany to charges of desecration.

  • Critics heap scorn on this edited version of an unfinished "fictional memoir" left behind by Hemingway and crucify the writer's children for their now routine desecration of their father's reputation (see the line of furniture, eyeglasses, and shotguns licensed by Hemingway Ltd.).


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