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foulness

[foul-nis] / ˈfaʊl nɪs /




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The foulness is in the very air they breathe; they might choke if they thought about it.

From New York Times Nov. 15, 2022

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

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

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2021

If a player throws their arms skyward upon contact like they’ve just crawled through 500 yards of sewage-smelling foulness to escape the Shawshank penitentiary, then yes, they’re probably flopping.

From The Guardian Oct. 30, 2019

Then she’d look at me with those tired eyes, and even my foulness would be stilled for a moment.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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