Sentence examples for staining from inspiring English sources

A downpour began in the London flat, staining my slacks and drowning the gin and tonic.

His widowed mother and uncles told him to kill the 17-year-old after she eloped with her boyfriend, staining the family's honour.

They did this by staining a fly's chromosomes with a chemical marker that will stick only to copia.

For example Richard Wolbers, a conservator at the University of Delaware, has adopted staining techniques, common in medical research, that use fluorescent molecules to tag particular components of a painting, such as its proteins and oils.Such precise identification is important for Dr Wolbers, since he is interested in removing unwanted layers without using nasty solvents.

Already Miss Fallaci had heard the wailing of imams in the hills of Tuscany, and had seen Somali urine staining the Baptistery in Florence.

In some cases, staining techniques are employed.

When the beetroot are cooked, drain, then slip off their skins – wear washing-up gloves so you don't stain your fingers pink; this will also protect them from the hot beets (if need be, leave the beets to cool a little first).

Boyden and his colleagues used the method to perform super-resolution imaging of a 10 million cubic micrometer chunk of tissue from the mouse hippocampus, stained with antibodies against three different neuronal proteins, using a standard confocal fluorescence microscope.

His wealth was certainly stained by blood: it came from an emperor who killed his stepbrother and his mother, as well as a number of less prominent people.

So much for that "stain on our soul".

You can enjoy your meals on the cottage's covered balcony or inside, with its warm atmosphere of polished wooden floors, an old fireplace and stained glass window.