spoil
verb (used with object)
to damage severely or harm (something), especially with reference to its excellence, value, usefulness, etc.: Drought spoiled the corn crop.
has spoilt
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present perfectof spoil (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Now, it appears, somebody has spoilt my plans—somebody o’ the name Richard Darke.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
The trousseau has spoilt my trip to town.
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
Your sojourn in the Pope’s prison has spoilt you for our life, I fear.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
Don’t look at her hands or ankles, please—hard work has spoilt them.”
From The Grateful Indian And other Stories by William Henry Giles Kingston
I got into a very bad scrape," Ronald answered, "a scrape that has spoilt my whole life; but we will not talk about that.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
