How to Use tainted in a Sentence

tainted

adjective
  • Authorities tied the death to tainted liquor sold in a resort town.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • While not all sludge contains toxins, cattle that ate feed grown in tainted soil have been destroyed in at least three states.
    — Roxana Saberi, CBS News, 2 May 2023
  • Sources say at least one journalist was fired from his job for backing the tainted producer.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But the property may not be usable for as many as two months due to tainted water and other issues.
    — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • This has touched off a whole new round of legal motions to throw out drug convictions based on tainted evidence.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • This is a time made perfectly for Lovecraft’s tainted legacy.
    — Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
  • But Brown says the unique risks of tainted eyedrops require a different approach from pills and tablets.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Arnold worked at Jewel Foods, the local grocery chain where some of the tainted Tylenol was sold.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • But, despite its tainted origins, blood quantum is still a part of many tribes’ contemporary policies.
    — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
  • His fans worried about the dangers of the city, including a diet that was apparently heavy on tainted prey.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The tainted Tylenol bottles had been sold at various drugstores across the Chicago area.
    — Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • The Port in turn pumps it to one of several lagoons that hold tens or hundreds of millions of gallons of tainted water.
    — Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • When people consume the tainted water, the larvae mature inside the body, growing to about 3 feet long.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But publishers are often slow to retract tainted papers, even when alerted to obvious fraud.
    — Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Federal officials advise customers not to use the tainted cinnamon and throw it away.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The severity of the damage usually depends on how much of the tainted gas drivers pumped, Inslee said.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The Dohertys are in close proximity to dozens of properties with tainted wells.
    — Sean Patrick Cooper, Rolling Stone, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The holiday is considered among the most dangerous for children, but not because of tainted candy.
    — al, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Another juvenile in detention passed around the tainted jug, according to the suit.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • Chinese officials blamed the tainted test results on chemically altered food the athletes had consumed at the time.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
  • But Laos authorities have not given any indication of where and how tainted alcohol might have been served.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In the street in front of his house, Cooper — the homeowner with the tainted water — met Wilson studying a flare through her camera.
    — Saul Elbein, The Hill, 17 Mar. 2025
  • King also claimed that the tainted alcohol is then sold back to restaurants, bars, hotels and other drinking establishments.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Publishers, however, are often slow to retract tainted papers, even when alerted to obvious signs of fraud.
    — Guillaume Cabanac, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The tainted water also may have led to hair loss, skin rashes and other health issues, according to a report from The Guardian.
    — Javacia Harris Bowser, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The tainted salad bags have the letter Z at the beginning of their product code followed by the number 178 or lower.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 29 July 2020
  • Gluba said the city has only confirmed two tainted copies of the guide, but is investigating the magnitude of the distribution.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026
  • But Laos authorities have not given any indication of where and how tainted alcohol might have got into the supply chain.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
  • After sipping a tainted drink at the wedding’s afterparty, neither the groom nor his pet lizard, Roxana, survive the wedding night.
    — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Without this work, however, outbreaks of foodborne illness might never be spotted or traced back to a tainted ingredient, and more people would get sick and die.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024

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