desecrate
verb (used with object)
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
was desecrating
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past progressiveof desecrate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The technology wasn’t quite there, and instead of delighting their audience the zombie-like digital Redenbacher prompted complaints that the company was desecrating the dead.
From Time ● Aug. 2, 2013
The vision of Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree, but Janie didn’t know how to tell Nanny that.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
"Well, sir," said Cole, "he was desecrating a church."
From Put Yourself in His Place by Charles Reade
On and on up the aisle toward Daddy Skinner, forgetting or not knowing that she was desecrating the dignity of the honorable judge upon the bench, Tessibel clattered.
From Tess of the Storm Country by Grace Miller White
She had a part of truth, and she was desecrating it by guesses and catch words—selling it for money!
From The House of Mystery An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Grange, Clairvoyant by Will Irwin
