How to Use violate in a Sentence

violate

verb

• She was attacked and violated by an unknown intruder.
• He was arrested for violating his parole.
• The company violated its customers' privacy.
• The email did not specify the tweet or tweets that violated the IT Act.
  — Parth M.n., WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
• Those found to violate those orders could be charged with a second-degree felony.
  — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
• Tents can also occupy the site with a trailer, as long as the number of campers isn't violated.
  — Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• Some artists who violate Spotify’s terms of service have even been brought to the streaming service’s attention in the past.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2023
• Priests there could soon be sentenced to 14 years for refusing to violate the seal of confession.
  — Frances Hui, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
• Linda Oubré told The Times that the board determined before her son was hired that bringing him on did not violate policy.
  — Alexis Timko, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• Gal Luft, 57, has also been charged with violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 July 2023
• Trump's lawyers say the limited gag order violates his First Amendment rights.
  — Laura Romero, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• Anyone found guilty of violating these rules could also be sued within ten years of the event by a minor who attends the performance.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 12 July 2023
• The law applies to models operating in the EU and any firm that violates the rules risks a fine of up to 7 percent of its annual global profits.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
• The products in question claimed to help pink eye, dry eyes, and eyestrain and the FDA says that these products violate federal regulations.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2023
• If someone is violating a dress code, let H.R. handle it.
  — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• This violated a Military Protective Order that was in place at the time.
  — Stephanie Ramos, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• Many of those discussions take place out of the view of the public, in closed door meetings with just enough council members and supervisors to avoid violating the state’s open meeting law, the Brown Act.
  — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
• The suit alleges that starting in 2022, the city of San Luis grew hostile over the church's food ministry, accusing the church of violating zoning laws by its use of a semi-truck to load and unload donations.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Mar. 2024
• The model stepped out in a look that, while reminiscent of a uniform, would certainly rack up a detention for violating the dress code.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2023
• Doctors who violate the new law could lose their medical licenses or be sued.
  — Azeen Ghorayshi, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Religious preschools filed suit, and on Oct. 20 a federal judge ruled that excluding them violates the First Amendment.
  — Nicole Stelle Garnett and Tim Rosenberger, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
• The commission determined Shore’s conduct violated eight canons of the Code of Judicial Ethics.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2023
• These systems are violating the sanctity of the person.
  — Frank H. McCourt Jr., Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024
• The charges: Trump is accused of violating seven federal laws but faces 37 separate charges.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
• That failure may have violated ethics rules, legal experts say.
  — Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
• Brenneman is accused of violating the terms of his parole.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 12 July 2023
• That violated regulations, laws, and the request for proposals for the work, State Towing alleges in its suit, which seeks a court order giving it the full towing contract.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• Darryl has been placed on in-school suspension since Aug. 31 because his twisted locs violated the school district’s dress and grooming code, the family said.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• Along with Trump, he is also accused of soliciting Raffensperger to violate his oath of office.
  — Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
• The former president's lawyers had argued that the wording of the statute of the Espionage Act that he is charged with violating is unconstitutionally vague.
  — Greg Allen, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024