All 3 Uses of
taint
in
City of Bones
- She would make a new life for herself and her baby, and she wanted no whisper of Clave or Covenant ever to taint her future.
Chpt 21 *taint = spoil or contaminate
- All that stuff he was spouting about keeping the human race pure and the importance of untainted blood—he was like one of those creepy white power guys.†
Chpt 22
- After all your talk about the untainted blood of the Clave—you didn't care at all about their blood or their innocence when you killed them, did you?†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(taint) to spoil something so it is not desirable -- as when bacteria contaminates a food; or as when a rumor makes people distrust a person