Examples of befoul in a Sentence

pollutants that befoul the air and water unsightly mud and slush befouls the family car every winter

Recent Examples on the Web Hundreds of women will dress up against the cold on a gray November day to protest a pipeline that could befoul their water and will almost certainly lead to the final befouling of the planet. — Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2022 But dip even the most blood-befouled corset in a tub of warm water and swish, swish, swish — Lucy’s lace nightgown, or a doctor’s lab coat — is restored to its original snowy sheen. — Mary Carole Mccauley, baltimoresun.com, 24 Oct. 2019 The poison of authoritarianism is as pervasive as the cloud of sulfur dioxide that befouled the air in East Germany. — Kyle Smith, National Review, 26 Feb. 2020 Michael Kuta, 26, of the 700 block of South Addison Avenue, Villa Park, was cited for disorderly conduct – befouling property at 1:15 a.m. Nov. 28 after he was observed urinating on bushes in the 100 block of South York Street. — Graydon Megan, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019 But the country’s blond-sand beaches are now scarred with plastic bottles and its mountain streams befouled by open dumps. — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2019 Microfibers from synthetic fabrics and other pollutants befoul our rivers and oceans. — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Nov. 2019 Whether that changes between now and whenever Democrats bring articles of impeachment to the House floor will depend on their ability to make the case that the president has not only befouled his office but must be removed from it. — Jonathan Allen, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2019 Ambrosino decries the garbage and neglect that have befouled places that could be developed into parks and other public resources. — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2019 See More

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