Explore Defiling through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Defiling meaning
present participle and gerund of defile
Using Defiling
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of defile
- In the example corpus, defiling often appears in combinations such as: allegedly defiling, for defiling, defiling his.
Context around Defiling
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 12 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defiling
- In this selection, "defiling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, allegedly, started, predators, minors and places stand out and add context to how "defiling" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include accused of defiling a 9 and accused of defiling and impregnating. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defiling" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defiling
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They can be predators, defiling the young and innocent. (9 words)
They are a defiling of the office he once held. (10 words)
Demons lured me into defiling 6 boys – nabbed gay suspect. (10 words)
An FIR under Section 295 of IPC (injuring or defiling places of worship with intent to insult religion) was lodged against Mahor, who has unsuccessfully contested assembly elections in the past, at the Gohad Police Station. (36 words)
The First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Neno has denied bail former Primary Education Advisor (PEA), Betino Mpapa, who is being accused of defiling and impregnating a 16 year old child. (31 words)
A Magistrates’ Court in Benue State on Wednesday ordered that a 29-year-old farmer, Terzungwe Aende, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
Justice Oshodi found him guilty of defiling an underage girl as charged by the Lagos State government.
On the case of defilement, Muhammad said the suspect, Habu Yusuf (21), was arrested on October 31, for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl.
The First Grade Magistrate’s Court in Neno has denied bail former Primary Education Advisor (PEA), Betino Mpapa, who is being accused of defiling and impregnating a 16 year old child.
The police command in Kebbi State has arrested six persons for allegedly defiling minors.
They are a defiling of the office he once held.
A chemist in Jaba, Fanisau Unogo Local Government Area of Kano State, has been accused of defiling a 9-year-old girl, Rumaisa Sadiq, to death.
It was at the place that the suspect started defiling her.
Meanwhile, the victim said she started living with the man in 2018 when she was eight years old and shortly after, in 2019, he started defiling her.
A Magistrates’ Court in Benue State on Wednesday ordered that a 29-year-old farmer, Terzungwe Aende, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl.
Another suspect, Chinedu Obi, 26, was arrested for defiling his employer’s daughters at Aguda area of the metropolis.
Demons lured me into defiling 6 boys – nabbed gay suspect.
Mbeya Region’s Takururu boss, Julieth Matechi, confirmed the incident, saying Mjingo had booked himself into the guest room with the girl with the intention of defiling her.
Similarly, a 33-year-old man, Chibuike Kalu, was arrested for defiling his 14-year-old daughter.
State, Fidelis Nwangele has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling his four-year-old daughter in their house.
Thanks, too, to all of you who wrote in to offer kind words after what can only be described as the defiling of my Instagram account.
The muscian was arrested for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.
They can be predators, defiling the young and innocent.
A 25-yr-old man, Sanusi Usman has been paraded by the police in Gombe state for defiling his neighbour’s 14-year-old daughter.
A Kenyan man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for defiling his 15-year-old daughter, saying he wanted to confirm that she was still a virgin.
An FIR under Section 295 of IPC (injuring or defiling places of worship with intent to insult religion) was lodged against Mahor, who has unsuccessfully contested assembly elections in the past, at the Gohad Police Station.
Common combinations with defiling
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- allegedly defiling 10×
- for defiling 8×
- defiling his 6×
- of defiling 5×
- defiling an 4×
- defiling -year-old 4×
- defiling her 4×
- defiling the 4×
- or defiling 3×
- defiling and 2×