dynamic
toggle menu
menu
vocabulary
1000+ books

taint
in a sentence

Show 3 more sentences
  • •
    I'm in a dim, chilly cave, my bare feet freezing despite the cover, the air tainted with the unmistakable smell of blood.  (source)
    tainted = contaminated or spoiled
  • •
    It was the best meal Lina had had in a very long time—but her enjoyment of it was tainted just a little by the question of where it had come from.  (source)
    tainted = spoiled
  • •
    I must go personally to purify this thunderbolt in the waters of Lemnos, to remove the human taint from its metal.  (source)
    taint = contamination (that makes it less desirable)
▲ show less (of above)
Show 10 more with 5 word variations
  • •
    My dad, in particular, was afraid of transfusions because he had read about people getting AIDS or other diseases from tainted blood.  (source)
    tainted = contaminated
  • •
    He felt dirty, contaminated, as though he were carrying some deadly germ, unworthy to sit on the Underground train back from the hospital with innocent, clean people whose minds and bodies were free of the taint of Voldemort…  (source)
    taint = spoiling or contaminating effect (that makes something undesirable)
  • •
    The odor was sweet and untainted, as if more than dirt had been washed away.†  (source)
    untainted = not spoiled or contaminated
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in untainted means not and reverses the meaning of tainted. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • •
    The stench of refuse taints the air.  (source)
    taints = spoils (so it is not as desirable)
  • •
    She won't be tainting perfectly good air by breathing in and out for much longer.  (source)
    tainting = spoiling
  • •
    Up until now, the whole day had been tainted by suspicion and doubt, but David's face shone with admiration for what she had done.  (source)
    tainted = spoiled (made undesirable)
  • •
    His sword helped taint the throne you sit on, Ned thought, but he did not permit the words to pass his lips.  (source)
    taint = spoil (the reputation)
  • •
    It was, she knew, the simplest kind of love, the purest form, untainted by Mind, which twisted everything, as Mrs. Shigemura, ironically, had preached.†  (source)
    untainted = not spoiled or contaminated
  • •
    What's more, it taints all the evidence in the room!†  (source)
    taints = spoils (so it is not as desirable)
  • •
    Even in death, he selflessly and publicly risked tainting his own legacy so that others might be inspired to seek faith and overcome their own struggles.†  (source)
    tainting = spoiling (so as not to be desirable)
▲ show less (of above)