miasmal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- miasmally adverb
Example Sentences
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During the Vietnam war, America's image of the conflict was shaped by news footage of battlefields dominated by miasmal jungle and of an enemy who was often portrayed as merciless and inhuman.
From Time Magazine Archive
A more damaging criticism is that, instead of rehabilitating a hero, he has merely disinterred a ghost whose miasmal presence still haunts the Conservative Party.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marpurgo flits from group to group, breathing out night thoughts and miasmal metaphysics.
From Time Magazine Archive
"All our lies would turn out to be true," says a veteran developer who bet that dreams of warmth and leisure would prevail over miasmal realities.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jem, sitting beside him, was squint-eyed, miasmal, and mute, as he always was in the morning.
From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee
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