Example Sentences

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A 2017 study found that human-caused noise, largely from roads, taints nearly two-thirds of America’s protected areas.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

“Where is the line between an ethical lapse or a political misjudgment and something that kind of taints this office?” he asked.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

That authentic silhouette would erase the creep of modernization that taints many rental costumes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

Anything that taints their preconceived notion of how they should be.

From Salon • Oct. 11, 2023

As if having a sofa in a house on the ground taints its history in a house up in the sky.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson