Example Sentences

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One has but to read the sayings of the Fathers of the Desert to see that no vein of Brahminism or Buddhism had tinctured their faith, however deeply it may have coloured their practice.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

The things that had festered in the unclean soreness of his brain had tinctured every thought with their poison of monomania, leaving him without a suspicion of his own miserable deceit.

From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul

The colour of that story had tinctured all his sea-side experiences.

From The Man Who Lost Himself by Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere)