make foul

Example Sentences

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"It gives us cover if we want to make foul smells of our own from time to time," Edel said.

From Chicago Tribune • Apr. 10, 2011

So I dance in the moonlight, make foul jokes, or labor to shake the foundations of night with my heaped-up howls of rage.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

To daub, soil, or make foul with spawl or spittle.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

We may not expect to keep him away from all foul talk; but we may make foul talk disgust rather than attract him.

From The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals by Foster, William Trufant

We'll make foul weather with despised tears; Our sighs and they shall lodge the summer corn And make a dearth in this revolting land.

From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William