foulness
Example Sentences
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A romp in the swamp or failure in the foulness of a Rome afternoon?
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
My entirely inadequate advice will remain unchanged: Sit in the foulness of the roiling storm and do your work, whatever that may be, and triangulate by the light of whatever star feels eternal to you.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2022
The foulness of these places, for the animals that live in them and the people who live near them, truly defies words.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
You don’t need to see inside sealed legal filings to understand that the foulness wafted down from the top.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2020
I do not think words can do justice to a description of the foulness and filthiness of this bedding.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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