Example Sentences
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But in 2026, nothing comparable exists for our befouled media landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
On another wall was a banner reading “Break The Curse” — an unofficial campaign slogan decrying the corruption and controversy that have befouled most District 14 councilmembers for decades.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024
A bad apple might be icky and distasteful, but befouled meat caused a related, but totally distinct, sensation cluster of contamination, queasiness and defilement.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021
It’s not as though Harvard lacks for alums whom the institution should be ashamed to be associated with, or who have befouled “the public perception of integrity in higher education.”
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2018
She screamed when she saw her dripping befouled child.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
