taints
- present tense form of taint (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"These individuals should have no place in our game and collectively we have to take action to punish everyone who taints the sport like this, no matter who they are."
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
“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
This anthropological ethnic elitism was a common underpinning feature of much 19th-century archaeology and taints aspects of some of the speculation regarding American Vikings in the 21st century.
From Slate ● Nov. 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
