Example Sentences

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Jackson, who died in 2009, was found not guilty in 2005 of charges alleging he had molested a boy.

From Washington Times • Mar. 20, 2019

No one had molested me or been inappropriate with me.

From Salon • Aug. 16, 2015

For a brief but emotional moment, Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard spoke out on Wednesday night about the allegations that their brother, Josh, had molested five underage girls as a teen.

From Time • Jun. 4, 2015

The senior Conservative told the Guardian she was "shocked, surprised, startled, disgusted" by the revelations that Savile had molested patients in high-security care, adding that the reports were "upsetting for everyone involved".

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2014

We were specially assisted; never were we heard with more attention, and not one voice was found to sympathise with the men who had molested us.

From A Retrospect by Taylor, James Hudson