The modernists always have difficulty in understanding themselves because of their iconoclasm and because of the indefinite worries they have of having been iconoclasts. From the Cambridge English Corpus

The hammer strikes sideways, it strikes something other than that which the iconoclast wanted to break. From the Cambridge English Corpus

The corporation resisted, as far as it could, royal instructions to make good the damage caused on various occasions by iconoclasts. From the Cambridge English Corpus

Freedom is precisely what triggers and justifies the iconoclast's strokes. From the Cambridge English Corpus

It can still be used, to be sure, but not by an iconoclast and not to shatter a belief. From the Cambridge English Corpus

So the position of the iconoclasts tends to be viewed monochromatically, if not merely in hostile caricature. From the Cambridge English Corpus

At this level, there was almost complete continuity through the iconoclast century. From the Cambridge English Corpus

The iconoclasts, led by a local innkeeper, entered the church in mid-sermon. From the Cambridge English Corpus

Understanding iconoclasm in this way challenges the over-neat distinction between active iconoclasts and passive parishioners. From the Cambridge English Corpus

The older approaches are not globally optimisable (pauline) or involve exhaustive search (iconoclast). From the Cambridge English Corpus

Puritans and humanists, iconoclasts and sovereigns, topographers and heralds expressed a range of views on how the dead might best be remembered. From the Cambridge English Corpus

We see why we cannot be naive enough in attributing naive belief in antifetishism to the iconoclast. From the Cambridge English Corpus