foul matter

Example Sentences

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Its eyes looked wild; it was unnaturally brisk, and running about; the nose discharged more freely, but not yet any foul matter.

From The Dog by Dinks

In "Hamlet" Shakespeare let out some of the foul matter which Herbert's mean betrayal had bred in him.

From The Man Shakespeare by Harris, Frank

Much of this foul matter is washed by rains into their tanks and pools of water, which they use indiscriminately for washing, cooking, and drinking purposes.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various

All the drains of the town flow into the waters of the harbor, which has not sufficient flow of tide to carry seaward the foul matter thus accumulated.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Filth, filth, n. foul matter: anything that defiles, physically or morally.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various