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How to use the word TAINTED in a Sentence? Page #2

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I wouldn't have thought it possible that in the 21st Century, a democratically elected president would link his criticism of democratically elected lawmakers in the German Bundestag with doubts about their Turkish descent and describe their blood as tainted.

Norbert Lammert

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The project has been tainted from the very beginning, clearly, it is not the truth about my mother's life, and everyone now knows that. This is not how you want your loved ones remembered.

Lisa Simone Kelly

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The people of Flint have been waiting for action to remove lead tainted lines, on March 4, I was pleased that we pulled and replaced the first lead line. This investment from union pension funds means that we can move forward to remove more lead lines and renew Flint's infrastructure. I am very grateful to ULLICO (Union Labor Life Insurance Company) and AFT (American Federation of Teachers) for putting this idea crafted at the Clinton Global Initiative into action in our community.

Flint Mayor Karen Weaver

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I remember so vividly the devastation, i'm sure I still have fond memories, but all of them are tainted by the finding-out-the-truth moment.

Myndee Corkern

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The past four years have tainted our view on what 'normal' late-fall conditions should be like.

David Rizzardo

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The magnitude of Randy's story, or any wrongful death row conviction that's tainted by police or prosecutorial misconduct, is that the government officials guilty of that conduct are really no better than those who commit cold-blooded murder.

Michale Callahan

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I think it's a 'No' at this point of time, purely based on the whole negative aura that has been generated, we don't want our brand to be associated with a league that is so tainted at the moment.

Sajjan Jindal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think the desire for the photo to be inauthentic speaks to an underlying belief that the flag is tainted by the association with Dylann Roof, this assumption, in turn, is deeply tragic because it (re)imagines the old South African flag as a symbol of dignity.

Eusebius McKaiser

Found on CNN
9 years ago

A superbug infection can kill not only the patient who was exposed to a tainted duodenoscope but also family members, friends and hospital staff who interacted with the patient.

Ted Lieu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

What's hard to grasp is that nothing is the same. ... You, your spouse, kids, house, bills, schools, job, interaction skills, emotions are all tainted and jumbled up in what's left of your brain.

Louis Bravo

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Because of the lives they have led - of tainted food, dumplings with cardboard in them, honey that isn't honey, liquor that isn't liquor - they distrust everything.

James McGregor

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Because of the lives they have led – of tainted food, dumplings with cardboard in them, honey that isn't honey, liquor that isn't liquor – they distrust everything.

James McGregor

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I believe in children, because they are the most pure and innocent creatures. They are not yet tainted by the world of today. I believe, as adults, we should learn from children and remember our own time on innocence. The youth should be celebrated.

Molly Schade

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.

Louis Pasteur

added by anonymous
10 years ago

All property which comes to hand by means of violence, or infamy, or baseness, however large it may be, is tainted and unblest. On the other hand, whatever is obtained by honest profit, small though it be, brings a blessing with it.*

Akhlak-i-Jalali

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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