This is not an unreasonable condemnation; after all, the comments of others can spoil as well as illuminate one's reading, introducing clamor instead of clarity.
In the kitchen she found the usual mess: Anna's sloppy breakfast makings, eggshells, milk left out to spoil, as well as the residue of the previous night's drinking — empty bottles and glasses, a crusty bowl of salsa, the tart odor of pickle juice, desiccated cheese rinds.
Infection may spoil a well conducted operation, and is a factor to be considered in dealing with end results.
There he received news from his scouts that the Turgesh had sent detachments of their own to spoil the wells on his line of march.
As my husband and I wrestled with whether to have a child at this point in our spoiled, well-rested lives, a genetic mutation mattered.
As for the men, well, again, spoiled for choice.
In 1992 and 1996, however, Mr. Clinton spoiled that formula, doing well enough in the suburbs to carry the state.
Well, this spoiled the whole mood, and I had to get on my bike, dejected, and ride home to my family.
I have faith that our new graduates will not be spoiled by a little well-deserved pomp and circumstance.
The temptation to read THE OCTOBER LIST (Grand Central, $26) backward — which is to say, forward — must be resisted, or you'll hate yourself for spoiling what might well be Jeffery Deaver's most fiendish thriller ever.
