Example Sentences

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Smits persevered with the sheep, whose greasy wool was staining the walls of the corridor.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 26, 2015

One of the other things they should care about, according to Harriet, the cleaning lady who came once a week and who was about a million years old, was staining the bathtub.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

The next Saturday we climbed up to the roof and cleaned out the gutters, since they were overflowing now every time it rained and the dirty water was staining the corners of the Perfect House.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Her flailing legs had ripped it from hem to midthigh; the coal was staining it irrevocably.

From The Buttoned Sky by Reynard, Geoff St.

Almost before they realized that they were on their homeward way, the fiery glow of the city was staining the clouds above their heads.

From The Lighted Way by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)