Sentence examples for were desecrated by from inspiring English sources
Two days before we visited a Jewish cemetery in Budapest to seek out my grandparents' graves, more than 150 tombstones were desecrated by neo-Nazis.
The departing troops left two dozen synagogues standing, although the Palestinian leadership had begged them not to; they were desecrated by Gazans celebrating the Israeli withdrawal after 38 years of occupation.
Even as that declined, the Vilnius style of Baroque architecture ripened in glory, a "splendid autumn" in one of Mr Briedis's many well-turned phrases, that paid "a gracious farewell to its phantom golden age .The most poignant chapter is on cemeteries past and present, many of which were desecrated by the Soviets.
Last year, after a Sephardic synagogue was desecrated by vandals, senior officials insinuated that Jews were responsible.
"They found oil in a temple that was desecrated by the Syrian-Greek army," Shiff began.
I thought it was a wonderful idea: land that had been desecrated by humans being returned to fecundity by humans.
His remains were triumphantly returned to Auxerre, where they remained enshrined until being desecrated by the Huguenots in 1567.
Blood was shed and women dishonored, mosques burned and massacred, the Koran was desecrated by burning, tearing and kicking.
The riot was sparked by a rumour that Sunni banners had been desecrated by Shia youths near the city's shimmering Blue Mosque.
The violence began with demonstrations against reports that Korans had been or would be desecrated by a small group of Christians in the United States.
Another recent tip led the party to order cemetery employees to scan the tombs of Somoza guardsmen that had been desecrated by Sandinista revolutionaries three decades ago.
