How to Use tainted in a Sentence

tainted

adjective

• The whole process of cleaning tainted crypto takes about two weeks.
  — Michael Del Castillo, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
• Arnold worked at Jewel Foods, the local grocery chain where some of the tainted Tylenol was sold.
  — Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
• The postmark on the letter appeared to show Lewis wrote the letter before the public knew the deaths were linked to the tainted Tylenol pills, the Tribune reported.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 10 July 2023
• But Brown says the unique risks of tainted eyedrops require a different approach from pills and tablets.
  — Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 27 Dec. 2023
• 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
• 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
• Sources say at least one journalist was fired from his job for backing the tainted producer.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The crisis began in 2014 when the city switched to a tainted water source, causing an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 10 June 2023
• And while the organization was fined and had to give up draft picks, it was not stripped of its World Series championship from that tainted season.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
• This is a time made perfectly for Lovecraft’s tainted legacy.
  — Siddhartha Deb, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2021
• And as for even contemplating the tone-deaf hiring of the tainted Ime Udoka as the appropriate Nash replacement?
  — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
• 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
• The nearby Beaudry and Atelier apartment towers are also ornately wrapped in metal and glass with tall tainted windows.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2024
• The story of tainted water in that case, which led to a $330-million settlement, inspired an Oscar-winning movie starring Julia Roberts.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024
• The holiday is considered among the most dangerous for children, but not because of tainted candy.
  — al, 2 Oct. 2022
• The growing case count comes as the Food and Drug Administration continues its probe into the source of the tainted cinnamon blamed for the contamination.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
• That inspection was prompted by an earlier recall of tainted eyedrops from a different Indian plant that’s been linked to four deaths and more than a dozen cases of vision loss.
  — Matthew Perrone, Fortune Well, 27 Dec. 2023
• But when clean water is unavailable, people are forced to drink and cook with tainted water, which is more likely to harbor bacteria that can lead to intestinal diseases, such as dysentery and cholera.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• If the animal had been treated with diclofenac in the days before its death, the tainted carrion would cause kidney failure in the vultures, followed by visceral gout, in which uric acid crystallizes across their organs.
  — Meera Subramanian, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
• Regardless of the source of the contamination, the larvae grew less in the sediment, and exposure to the tainted water also hindered their development.
  — Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2023
• The virus is highly contagious and spreads via tainted seafood, surfaces, water and unwashed hands, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• In addition to the three deaths that are being traced back to tainted eye drops, CNN reports that federal officials have indicated that eight patients have developed blindness due to the outbreak.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 25 Mar. 2023
• In 2022, Arizona Republic journalists brought stories about tainted pot, prison labor, lax massage rules, 'Fentazona' and drought to readers.
  — AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2023
• Contamination can come from tainted water used in irrigation, or in cleaning and cooling the melons.
  — Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
• Harm reduction workers caution people never to use alone, to be aware of the risk of tainted drugs, get professional wound care for skin ulcers and abscesses, use Narcan in case someone has ingested it with fentanyl and call 911.
  — The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2023
• As Chevron publicly conceded, a resident spotted the tainted water long before Chevron or any news outlet alerted the community.
  — David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
• Immigration was another flashpoint, centering on the government plan to fly asylum seekers to have their claims assessed in Rwanda, a nation with a tainted human-rights record.
  — Sune Engel Rasmussen, WSJ, 2 Nov. 2022
• Exposure to that tainted water can cause health problems, mainly stomach problems, skin infections and breathing issues.
  — Claire Grunewald, Miami Herald, 19 June 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024