maculate

variants or maculated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for maculate
Adjective
  • In August 2023, the airline apologized to two passengers who were escorted off a plane after refusing to sit in a soiled seat.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Health inspectors found two visibly soiled wiping cloths on the preparation table surface.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Only the first is still fashionable, and the last has been so debased, misused, and weaponized over the centuries as to be almost unspeakable in polite company.
    Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • His powerful and begrimed hands cradled each item as delicately as a bird’s egg before squaring it away.
    Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 11 May 2022
  • In a theatre that admits no light or sound from the outside world, the audience watches as poor, begrimed laborers and criminals are pushed onstage to shoot their kids and stab their teachers.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2021
Adjective
  • The researchers extract proteins from spoiled milk and blend them with traditional plastic components to make a biodegradable alternative.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Many careers in prizefighting are defined by economic hardship, spoiled relationships, and brain damage.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The Twits, simply trying to promote their befouled business interests, launch a campaign to restore past greatness.
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
  • With the teams tied at 48 in the third quarter, guard Tiffany Hayes was fouled on a drive to the basket.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Backups can become corrupted over time and be useless if this happens.
    Chongwei Chen, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Signalis’s radio-receiver module is reminiscent of Metal Gear Solid’s radio conversations, and players will need to utilize it to unlock safes and fight against corrupted enemies.
    George Yang, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Maculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maculate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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