Example sentences for: rape

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

  • I follow sports from the crime angle--usually the first I hear about some celebrated athlete is that he's been charged with rape, domestic violence, child abuse or, like Green Bay Packer Reggie Whatsisname, is sharing his "Christian" homophobic racist prejudices with the public.

  • The artist, Spencer once claimed, commits "a kind of spiritual rape on every thing."

  • Requiring castration for rape means we have decided it is acceptable to treat prisoners as less than human.

  • Only in a few places does Juneteenth attain the narrative velocity of Invisible Man . In a thrilling climax we finally hear the story of how Bliss came to be adopted by Hickman, and how Hickman was transformed from an Oklahoma City ne'er-do-well into a man of God (it hinges on a false accusation of rape, a lynching, and some amateur obstetrics).

  • to do (someone) wrong -- The Rape of Lucrece , line 1462:


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