foulness
Example Sentences
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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
If a player throws their arms skyward upon contact like they’ve just crawled through 500 yards of sewage-smelling foulness to escape the Shawshank penitentiary, then yes, they’re probably flopping.
From The Guardian • Oct. 30, 2019
The throng haint’s foulness seeped into her mouth like the aftertaste of sour milk.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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