Sentence examples for were contaminated from inspiring English sources
verb
To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
- Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.
They too were contaminated.
Four percent of black pepper shipments were contaminated.
"Buildings had structural problems and soils were contaminated.
A fifth of the samples were contaminated by salmonella, a leading cause of food poisoning.
We had no idea how many packets were contaminated or precisely where they had been distributed.
The government recently found that the estuaries were contaminated, but did not pinpoint a cause.
About 500 bushels of soybeans were contaminated with a small amount of the corn.
All ordinary transactions were contaminated: "How are you?" and "How's it going?" and "Nice day".
The fighters were contaminated by the alien odor of the invaders.
He said investigators were looking at whether surgical supplies, many of which come prepackaged, were contaminated.
About 500 bushels of soybeans were contaminated with some of this corn, Ms. Smith said.
