Synonyms

1. spoil
2. spoilage

Sentence Examples

1. He had the impression she was spoiling for a fight.
2. Another man, this one in a wide-brimmed black hat and a white tunic grinned at her, the gaps in his smile spoiling his otherwise handsome appearance.
3. Farmers had cursed the late malkosh rains that soaked the barley crop, spoiling most of it before it could be stored, but I felt only gratitude now as the stream of cool water ran over my curly brown hair and down my sweat-salted, lean frame.
4. Dead Eyes stood before it, both hands opening and closing spasmodically, his uneven teeth still bared as if spoiling for a fight.
5. With no way to keep the fish from spoiling, he took the remains to the others and offered it to any who wanted it.
6. I was no more concerned about the yoreh spoiling wheat than I had been a few months earlier when the malkosh ruined so much barley.
7. Over dinner, I tell him all about the class, at least as much as I can without spoiling both our appetites.
8. Grimacing, Pyrrha slunk into the cavern, keeping the torch high behind herself to avoid spoiling her night vision.
9. Another time, walking to the top of a fresh molehill, I fell to my neck in the hole through which that animal had cast up the earth, and coined some lie, not worth remembering, to excuse myself for spoiling my clothes.