CORRUPTION in a Sentence

Learn CORRUPTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
128 example sentences for CORRUPTION, such as:
1. You have chattered enough about corruption.
2. He was later indicted on corruption charges.
3. But I am done with this creed of corruption.
4. She is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
5. The police department was a hotbed of corruption.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CORRUPTION
corruption
 n.  decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
 n.  lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1  Imagine some foul and putrid corpse that has lain rotting and decomposing in the grave, a jelly-like mass of liquid corruption.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
2  Ignatius Gallaher puffed thoughtfully at his cigar and then, in a calm historian's tone, he proceeded to sketch for his friend some pictures of the corruption which was rife abroad.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A LITTLE CLOUD
3  I felt an intolerable weight oppressing my breast, the smell of the damp earth, the unseen presence of victorious corruption, the darkness of an impenetrable night.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
4  Now it was to hide something that had a corruption of its own, worse than the corruption of death itself--something that would breed horrors and yet would never die.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
5  He grew more and more enamoured of his own beauty, more and more interested in the corruption of his own soul.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
6  You have chattered enough about corruption.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 12
7  "Culture and corruption," echoed Dorian.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
8  And we have heard of the corruption to be found in solitude.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART SEVEN
9  But I am done with this creed of corruption.
Anthem By Ayn Rand
Context  Highlight   In PART ELEVEN
10  Wherefore my remarks are to be taken as applying to those States only wherein corruption has as yet made no great progress, and in which there is more that is sound than unsound.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI.
11  Most fortunate, therefore, was it for Rome that her kings grew corrupt soon, so as to be driven out before the taint of their corruption had reached the vitals of the city.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII.
12  For as the censors became the arbiters of morals in Rome, it was very much owing to them that the progress of the Romans towards corruption was retarded.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XLIX.
13  For living after this fashion, they have not learned the manners of the French, the Italians, or the Spaniards, which three nations together are the corruption of the world.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER LV.
14  But when both of these incitements to virtuous behavior began to recur less frequently, corruption spread, and after the time of Atilius Regulus, no like example was again witnessed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER I.
15  Never before or after did the names Republican and Scallawag carry such odium, for now the corruption of the Carpet bag regime was at its height.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
Example Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  His administration now faces accusations of corruption.
2  The new district attorney has promised to fight police corruption.
3  The author uses disease as a metaphor for the corruption in society.
4  She is awaiting trial on corruption charges.
5  Corrupt officials always try to draw the curtain over their corruption.
6  This police unit was established to fight corruption.
7  The investigation uncovered widespread corruption within the police force.
8  Mr Bird remained unmoved by the corruption allegations.
9  Investors were concerned that allegations of corruption against the ruling party would hurt consumer confidence and economic growth.
10  The police department was a hotbed of corruption.
11  The congressman's corruption dishonoured himself and his family.
12  The government has toughened the fight against corruption.
13  Their ostensible goal was to clean up government corruption, but their real aim was to unseat the government.
14  The investigation revealed a panorama of corruption and illegal dealings.
15  He was later indicted on corruption charges.