corrupting

Example Sentences

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Reasonable people will go in circles forever about whether specific cases are proof of the industry’s maturity or proof of its corrupting effect.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

To Old Hickory, the bank was unconstitutional, corrupt and, with respect to American liberty and character, corrupting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Far from corrupting high culture, the middlebrow was once the bulwark that protected it.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

When troublemaker Arlene moves in across the street to live with her father, Maria falls helplessly under her corrupting influence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Her son, the teenage Tolstoyan, believed that wealth was shameful, corrupting, inherently evil—which is ironic because Chris was a natural-born capitalist with an uncanny knack for making a buck.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer