desecrate
verb (used with object)
to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
were 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 pounding of the horses' hoofs, the voices of the people in the omnibus, were desecrating.
From The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
The popular mind had seemingly forgotten the original uses of the place they were desecrating with fireworks and variety shows.
From Beautiful Britain: Canterbury by Gordon Home
