taint

Example Sentences

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“It’s a crisis for a unit when its head is suspected of such serious violations of the law,” he said, adding that the episode shouldn’t “contaminate and taint the entire unit.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

He also voiced concern that the draft lottery debate could "negatively taint the whole effort".

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

Such cheerful platitudes would carry a taint of irony, in retrospect, when authorities exposed the harm and suffering they alleged had been inflicted under Guo's watch.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

So as not to taint the results, I can’t talk too much about what we are testing here, but the purpose is to address some lingering questions about the dress effect and related stimuli.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025

His sword helped taint the throne you sit on, Ned thought, hut he did not permit the words to pass his lips.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin