taintless
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- taintlessly adverb
- taintlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of taintless
Example Sentences
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Dishes had to go in the washer and come out taintless and doing this swiftly and competently meant I was acknowledged as a human being by colleagues I wanted to be like.
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2017
"Peace shall with joys attendant For ever here abide, While reverently and faithfully You guard its taintless tide."
From Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses by Campbell, John Douglas Sutherland
And further, just as he requires to possess this taintless conscience himself, so does he require to be assured that the like is possessed by her.
From Is Life Worth Living? by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)
The scared white leopard winds it across the taintless snows.
From Poems Every Child Should Know The What-Every-Child-Should-Know-Library by Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)
Pungent, aromatic, the odor of wood smoke alloyed the taintless air of dawn.
From Copper Streak Trail by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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