Example Sentences

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It also is tainting the jury pool, the lawyer argued.

From Washington Times • Jun. 27, 2023

His association with them is tainting, but it speaks to how celebrity can distorts one's perception.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2019

An attorney for Michael Cohen — the president’s lawyer — filed court papers Thursday alleging that Daniels’ lawyer, Michael Avenatti, is tainting the case because he’s appeared on television more than 100 times since March.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2018

John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghan reconstruction, told a House subcommittee that the narcotics trade is tainting the financial sector, stoking corruption, helping Taliban insurgents and criminal networks.

From US News • Jun. 10, 2014

What words have we for painting the momentary fainting That the rider's heart is tainting, as decay doth taint a corse?

From Poems by MacCarthy, Denis Florence