"The Squire's Daughter" is really a very pretty piece, with some delightful melody running through it; but that fellow has Vulgarized it into the lowest burlesque."
"Prince Fortunatus"
William Black
How such a reparation would have Vulgarized their past-it would have been like "restoring" a masterpiece; and how exquisite must have been the perceptions of the woman who, in defiance of appearances, and perhaps of her own secret inclination, chose to go down to posterity as Silvia rather than as Mrs. Vincent Rendle!
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
I can't give the words; but she was saying, in her silky way, that Miss Jessie was so much altered since she met her at the sea-shore, so obstinate and demonstrative, Vulgarized, as one might say, if anything so very beautiful could be Vulgarized.
"Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life"
Ann S. Stephens