foulness

Example Sentences

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A romp in the swamp or failure in the foulness of a Rome afternoon?

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

My entirely inadequate advice will remain unchanged: Sit in the foulness of the roiling storm and do your work, whatever that may be, and triangulate by the light of whatever star feels eternal to you.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2022

The foulness of these places, for the animals that live in them and the people who live near them, truly defies words.

From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2022

How does she have time to throw such petty foulness into the town square?

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2021

The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman