miasma

Example Sentences

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The harvest of that change was an inaugural meeting of the new panel that was enveloped in a miasma of confused, uninformed debate.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Few writers since Henry James can create an atmosphere of doubt around events and character as effectively as this author does, and in “Venetian Vespers” the miasma thickens at every turn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

It was a couple of weeks after the great smog had brought London to a standstill, and although that particularly foul miasma had dispersed, smog still regularly reduced visibility.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024

Maddow then segued into a more comprehensive discussion about the rule of law, which she argued was not an abstract "miasma" but rather, is "specific stuff."

From Salon • May 7, 2024

In a terrible miasma of dog smell, which gripped him with fear and called “Run! Run!” down every nerve, he crept forward to where the eye bolt was screwed into the roof.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams