vitiation
Example Sentences
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George Eliot well says that "no man ever struggled to retain power over a mixed multitude without suffering vitiation; his standard must be their lower needs, and not his own best insight."
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
The other factors which determine the vitiation of the air of a room in which the gas is burning are likewise under ordinary conditions more in favour of acetylene.
From Acetylene, the Principles of Its Generation and Use A Practical Handbook on the Production, Purification, and Subsequent Treatment of Acetylene for the Development of Light, Heat, and Power by Leeds, F. H. (Frank Henley)
Scientific men deal with facts, look to them for guidance, and must suppose that thought and fact pass into each other directly, and without vitiation or deflection.
From John Dewey's logical theory by Howard, Delton Thomas
If this be true of news and of its vitiation through the Press, it is still truer of opinions and suggested ideas.
From The Free Press by Belloc, Hilaire
There was a vitiation of the atmosphere that was not helped by a strong bodily odor, a stout and sturdy smell that came near to sickening Mr. Thompson.
From Burned Bridges by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
