miasma

Example Sentences

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Take, for example, Kennedy’s staunch rejection of germ theory in favor of “miasma theory.”

From Salon

The harvest of that change was an inaugural meeting of the new panel that was enveloped in a miasma of confused, uninformed debate.

From Los Angeles Times

He died as he lived, in a miasma of mystery carrying a whiff of violence, death and deceit.

From New York Times

Most are unable to rise above the stylistic miasma of the production — Whitehead sounds narcotized even when Pip isn’t on drugs — or the entirely new words they’ve been asked to say.

From Los Angeles Times

With his wife pregnant and the neighbors restive, a miasma of anxious questions arise about the fate of Taroon and the people who help him.

From Washington Post