Example Sentences

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In 2025, he apologised after facing backlash for mimicking a ritual sequence from the hit Kannada film Kantara at a film festival event, with critics accusing him of disrespecting its cultural significance.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In doing so, he will be disrespecting the wishes of his wife.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 17, 2025

“Stop disrespecting me,” she fires back, before her team surrounds her.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

Others have been accused of disrespecting the dead and exploiting vulnerable people in grief.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2025

I felt that by disrespecting Mother that way, the superintendent was disrespecting all of us seated in that room.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals