Sentence examples for violating in from inspiring English sources

In telling us this -- in explaining his heroine's motives and thereby winning our sympathy -- Coetzee lays her bare, violating, in effect, her ethos of secrecy.

"When you take that context and you layer it with the property tax cap, we're violating, in our minds, two very fundamental principles of democracy, which is 'one person, one vote,' and equal opportunity".

He removed a second juror who was white, and gained defense approval for seating Juror 108 by pairing the choice with a black alternate -- thus violating in one maneuver rules against seating jurors out of order, seating anyone who persistently expresses doubts about his ability to be fair, and excluding people from a jury on the basis of race or religion.

The concept of "marriage," however, is a term so suffused with religious and cultural overtones that it crosses the supposedly Constitutionally-drawn line in the sand between Church and State, between the parochial and the secular -- a boundary that we accuse evangelical Republicans of repeatedly violating in their efforts to inject their values into public policy.

"I mean, there are human rights violated in Syria.

This individuality is being violated in several ways.

"No regulations were violated in this case," Dr. Nienhuis said.

I felt robbed and violated in some peculiar way.

He addressed Harrison: "You're going to get violated in that ring.

Females are subjugated and violated in African, Asian, Arab, East European and Central Asian countries.

To my mind, children violated in this manner are doubly victimized.