stain on
Frequency: 7.814.2 per million words
Can be used literally (a stain on a shirt) or figuratively (a stain on one's reputation).
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Examples (10)
- The coffee left a stain on his shirt.
- The scandal left a dark stain on his reputation.
- There's a difficult-to-remove ink stain on the carpet.
- His past mistakes cast a long stain on his political career.
- She accidentally dropped paint, leaving a blue stain on the wooden floor.
- The accusation, though unproven, remained a persistent stain on her character.
- Please be careful not to get any grease stain on the new tablecloth.
- The company's unethical practices were a huge stain on its public image.
- Despite years of good service, that one incident was a permanent stain on his record.
- I noticed a small red stain on the white wall this morning.