soiled

Example Sentences

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By 2028, Unicharm aims to recycle the plastic and absorbent polymer from soiled diapers to make new ones as well, Tsutomu Kido, senior executive officer of Unicharm's recycling business, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

He makes this soiled soul so compelling that the audience is struck by a hunger to know how he got here, and where, if anywhere, he might go next.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

Terrified, the young boy urinated on himself and remained in his soiled clothes until he and his family were transferred to a Texas detention center.

From Slate • Jul. 4, 2025

Black-and-white photographs and films showed miners in hard hats and soiled uniforms as they stood smoking cigarettes, climbing into open rail cars and running machinery that scooped and loaded piles of rocks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

I had seen her do it so many times with tattered books and soiled toys.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals