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.
• Some had told the group that they had been molested as children.
  — Katrine Jo Andersen, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
• Cliff Gardner: The idea back then was, A, dads don't molest their children.
  — Natalie Morales, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
• The other is charged with molesting two boys over years and has pleaded not guilty.
  — Kris Maher, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2018
• A year after the exam, when B was 12, a stranger molested her outside of a park.
  — Sophia Jones, Marie Claire, 30 Oct. 2019
• Mike Mebane was just a little boy when John Mebane, then age 12, molested him.
  — Tom Holm, idahostatesman, 6 Mar. 2018
• 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
• Nassar has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for molesting young girls under the guise of treatment.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2018
• 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
• No woman should be raped or molested or touched against her will.
  — Celeste Katz, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2018
• All three were molested as little girls by the very men who trained them, day in and day out, and who built up their hopes for Olympic glory and gold medals.
  — Rose Minutaglio, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2018
• In other words, the people Epstein reportedly molested were kept in the dark and had no say in the deal.
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 12 July 2019
• Teacher accused of molesting her 6th grade student speaks to the judge.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 27 Mar. 2018
• 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
• At his sentencing, the girl, now 16, told the judge the priest repeatedly molested her, starting in the first grade.
  — Anne Ryman, azcentral, 17 May 2018
• During that job, Hollins kidnapped and attempted to molest a 16-year-old client.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 17 May 2024
• The 23-year-old mom molested her sleeping toddler, police say, and then sold the video to men online in places like Kik and Reddit.
  — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 27 Apr. 2018
• 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
• Heimlich was 15 at the time of the conviction and he was found guilty of molesting a six-year-old female relative.
  — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 6 June 2018
• In similar cases, courts look at the number of times a person was molested and the lasting impact of the abuse, lawyers say.
  — USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
• The call that resonates with her involved a man who was molesting his two stepdaughters.
  — Michael Williams, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Apr. 2018
• Both siblings claimed that their father José had molested them starting at age 6.
  — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
• On the tape, Collins could be heard confessing to molesting an 11-year-old relative of his first wife, Marjorie Weinman.
  — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024