TAINT in a Sentence
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23 example sentences for TAINT, such as:
1. The administration was tainted with scandal.
2. The atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins.
3. Baker argues that his trial was tainted by negative publicity.
4. He was a shopkeeper in whom there was some taint of the monster.
5. His reputation was permanently tainted by the financial scandal.
2. The atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins.
3. Baker argues that his trial was tainted by negative publicity.
4. He was a shopkeeper in whom there was some taint of the monster.
5. His reputation was permanently tainted by the financial scandal.
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Meanings and Examples of TAINT
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taint
n. the state of being contaminated
v. contaminate with a disease or microorganism
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1 From this came the first taint of ill; from this did Ulysses ever threaten me with fresh charges, from this flung dark sayings among the crowd and sought confederate arms.
2 Those seeds have fiery force and divine birth, so far as they are not clogged by taint of the body and dulled by earthy frames and limbs ready to die.
3 The gloomy taint that was in the Murdstone blood, darkened the Murdstone religion, which was austere and wrathful.
4 Bounderby and Gradgrind now walked, was a triumph of fact; it had no greater taint of fancy in it than Mrs. Gradgrind herself.
5 A taint of imbecile rapacity blew through it all, like a whiff from some corpse.
6 He was a shopkeeper in whom there was some taint of the monster.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
7 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.
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVII.
8 "Then, you must think all my money is tainted," cried Scarlett beginning to be angry.
9 When within a few yards of the cover, he fitted an arrow to his bow with the utmost care, while the antlers moved, as if their owner snuffed an enemy in the tainted air.
10 A man like yourself; and one whose blood is as little tainted by the cross of a bear, or an Indian, as your own.
11 A few books and writings were on an old bureau in a corner, the furniture was decent and sufficient, and, though the atmosphere was tainted, the room was clean.
12 The atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins.
13 I feel exquisite pleasure in dwelling on the recollections of childhood, before misfortune had tainted my mind and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections upon self.
14 I began to fear that the fatal spell of the place was upon her, tainted as she is with that Vampire baptism.
15 From this spring two results, the land impoverished, and the water tainted.
Example Sentence:
1 One speck of dirt on your utensils may contain enough germs to taint an entire batch of preserves.
2 Finally our state would have a chance to move beyond the scars of Little Rock and the stains of cronyism that also tainted his later years.
3 The Sochi Olympics have been tainted by myriad controversies during the buildup – from gay rights to corruption – and many expected the Games themselves to be similarly disastrous, with concerns about the intrusiveness of security, the absence of fans and shoddy construction work.
4 Armstrong's once-impressive career is now forever tainted with the stigma of having been achieved by means other than skill, hard work and dogged determination.
5 The administration was tainted with scandal.
6 Baker argues that his trial was tainted by negative publicity.
7 His reputation was permanently tainted by the financial scandal.