How to Use molest in a Sentence

molest

verb

• He was sent to jail for molesting children.
• It was illegal to molest, capture, or kill any of the animals in the park.
• Cliff Gardner: The idea back then was, A, dads don't molest their children.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
• A year after the exam, when B was 12, a stranger molested her outside of a park.
  — Sophia Jones, Marie Claire, 30 Oct. 2019
• The duality of the club tears at the man who said he was molested starting at age 6.
  — Michael R. Sisak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
• Marty Wilkinson would molest and grope the sisters throughout their teenage years, the suit says.
  — Ngai Yeung, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
• The victim, then 7, told police Comiskey had been molesting her for two weeks in places like the basement or garage.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2023
• Police said the father of the children, ages 2 and 3, checked on them to find Stanley molesting the children.
  — Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2020
• Tougher penalties, police say, will keep the man in prison longer and unable to molest more horses.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2019
• Police said the boys — who were ages 7, 8 and 11 at the time — were molested at their homes between July and December of last year.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• One of his victims was a 13-year-old who told his parents the new minister had molested him.
  — Alissa Quart, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2023
• Breton said the child had been molested while sleeping in her own bedroom.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
• Court records state the boy alleges that Navarrete began molesting him at age 12 or 13.
  — The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
• He’d been victimized by Paul Shanley, who used to take kids to a Stoneham campsite and molest them there.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• In 2006, he was sentenced to three years in prison in Vietnam for molesting two underage girls.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• More athletes said they were molested before the the FBI swung into action.
  — Mike Balsamo, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2023
• Hilary is not the first large hurricane to molest Arizona.
  — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
• He hasn’t been involved in the event since he was arrested in August 2000 on charges of molesting teenage brothers.
  — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2020
• The use of physical tests, like fat tests, as pretexts to molest young athletes has come up in other cases.
  — New York Times, 11 May 2022
• In one case, the suit states a 15-year-old girl was removed from her home by DCS after being raped and molested by her stepfather.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2023
• The man, later identified as 26-year-old Matthew Woolard of Plainfield, confessed to molesting the girl in the back of the vehicle, police said.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 13 Jan. 2020
• He was born when his mother was 17 and molested by family members as a young child.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
• The actor faced a civil suit in a U.S. court when he was accused of molesting actor Anthony Rapp in 1986.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 26 July 2023
• Peck coached the victim, the release states, and the family reported Peck had molested the child over a six month period.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
• One day, Brown took the girl out of Sunday school class and molested her in the rectory – the priest’s residence, where most of the assaults took place, according to the lawsuit.
  — David Tarrant, Dallas News, 1 Feb. 2020
• Like saying that Hillary Clinton was molesting children in the basement of a Pizza Hut — that's not clear thinking.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
• McCann detained one woman in her home and molested her children – ages 11 and 17.
  — Fox News, 10 Dec. 2019
• Gypsy-Rose says during that time she was molested by her grandpa.
  — USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2024
• The girls said they were molested in bed and raped in an administrative office, leered at in the communal shower and surveilled in the bathroom.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Investigators found numerous photos and videos of Deleon pulling down the 14-year-old’s pants and molesting the boy.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024