vitiation
Example Sentences
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Why are we insensible to the gradual vitiation of the air of an unventilated room?
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
He had a contempt for cheap and plain belongings, as leaning insensibly to vitiation of taste.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
Will society do for the safety of this young soul what the doctor does for the body, when it is a question of contending against hereditary vitiation?
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 by Eugène Sue
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 Bertrand W. Sinclair
In the former a leaky joint may cause the vitiation of the surrounding air as the producer-gas escapes; in the suction apparatus the same fault simply causes more air to be drawn in.
