How to Use bastardize in a Sentence
bastardize
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Our ideals have been bastardized.
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William Mersey,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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In both, to bastardize a saying, the play’s the thing.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
30 Nov. 2025
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But, like all good things, it has been bastardized to the point of not being worth your time.
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Matt Reigle Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Short’s personality and complexity, attributes long discarded as her life became bastardized, stand in stark contrast to the inhumanity of her death.
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Nathan Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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The events meant to bring us together, like the Super Bowl or March Madness, have been bastardized into vehicles for ruinous addiction.
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MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, adding the musical element further bastardizes this tale.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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