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

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

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

Two and a half millennia later, democracies are still deeply concerned about dangerous ideas corrupting the youth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But the judge said Bembridge had a public role and had failed to carry out his duties on behalf of the King for a corrupting motive.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

They said I would be a corrupting influence.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood