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Meanings of befouled in English

Made dirty or foul.

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Usage of befouled in English
1
Marry, thy jerkin is all befouled with the dust of the road.
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
2
The sensation made her queasy and her flesh crawled as if befouled.
Blood and Bone
3
I sprinkled a box of baking soda over the befouled area.
Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World & Other Stories
4
See to my gown, the third that I have befouled within the week.
The White Company
5
He was so befouled, she could not possibly have wanted him.
Worldwinder
6
It was always they, not he, who had befouled the stream.
Theodoric the Goth: Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
7
It must be the most gum befouled pavement in Europe.
The Irish Times
8
The green light and the glossy patches of sunshine played over their befouled bodies.
Lord of the Flies
9
Fox had stumbled in the mire, and had not only been defeated, but befouled.
Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1
10
The sleepy proprietor brought a kerosene lamp, the chimney befouled with soot and grease.
The Seventh Noon
11
It befouled, it tarnished, the broad and noble mirror of water spread far below.
Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
12
On this befouled background visions began to flow and burn.
Martin Eden
13
Her pipe-thin arms were befouled, her dress torn and soiled.
Beautiful assassin
14
He befouled where he was with where he had been.
Iron Council
15
To them he seemed a loathsome sight, befouled with brine.
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16
The sweat lay on him like slime and his own dirt befouled the floor.
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