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violate the sacred nature of something
- For a long while he could say nothing, not so much because he was afraid of desecrating the loftiness of his emotion by a word, as that every time he tried to say something, instead of words he felt that tears of happiness were welling up.Part Four (63% in)
- He could not admit that he was mistaken then, for his spiritual condition then was precious to him, and to admit that it was a proof of weakness would have been to desecrate those moments.Part Eight (38% in)
There are no more uses of "desecrate" in Anna Karenina.
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