defiled 1 of 2

past tense of defile

defiled

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defiled
Verb
  • Months later, the Department of Justice concluded that five Texas juvenile detention centers violated children's constitutional and civil rights.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the commission, by approving the plans, has violated their fundamental rights.
    Amy Green, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Troubled Factories: The medications came mostly from plants in India where inspectors found contaminated drugs, filthy labs and falsified records.
    Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 17 June 2025
  • The affidavit added that store employees were forced to throw out the contaminated cans, resulting in a loss of about $10,584.84 in goods.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • That number includes children, who represent 16 percent of those poisoned and 27 percent of all fatalities.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025
  • And guess what, hospitals are seeing cases of vitamin A toxicity — of kids poisoned by being fed too many vitamins instead of being vaccinated.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Quality concerns have dogged the industry for years: In 2023, four people died after using tainted eye drops made in India, and others had to have their eyeballs surgically removed.
    Katherine Dailey, ProPublica, 18 June 2025
  • The tainted Tylenol bottles had been sold at various drugstores across the Chicago area.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Water was often impure, too, especially with the war going on.
    Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • This anti-establishment mindset translates to denim with dirty shades of indigo, impure neutrals and green casts, accented with pops of fiery red and pale yellow.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • But so long as the cultural narrative persists around vaginas being unclean or smelly, companies will continue to create items deemed to cleanse them.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 June 2025
  • Inspectors found pork butt roast stored directly on unclean storage racks located inside the walk-in cooler.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Troubled Factories: The medications came mostly from plants in India where inspectors found contaminated drugs, filthy labs and falsified records.
    Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 17 June 2025
  • The next year, his fame reached a new echelon after the release of Pumping Iron, a docudrama that highlighted Schwarzenegger's strange charisma and filthy sense of humor.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
  • There are no glamorous furnishings — just a French window, its blackened panes suggesting the dark of night.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2022
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