[
US
/ˈsteɪnd/
]
[ UK /stˈeɪnd/ ]
[ UK /stˈeɪnd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- having a coating of stain or varnish
-
marked or dyed or discolored with foreign matter
tear-stained cheeks
a badly stained tablecloth
How To Use stained In A Sentence
- This cup is stained on the inside.
- But anywhere else, the general buzz of the atmosphere would have sustained the crowd.
- The oak is hand stained with red, yellow, blue and green and then given an antique finish.
- The events had stained the city's reputation unfairly.
- The book is a sustained diatribe questioning Churchill's actions from the early 1930s through 1941.
- Surely one of the agonizing attributes of our post – September 11 age is the unending need to reaffirm realities that have been proved, and proved again, but just as doggedly denied by those in power, forcing us to live trapped between two narratives of present history, the one gaining life and color and vigor as more facts become known, the other growing ever paler, brittler, more desiccated, barely sustained by the life support of official power. 'The Moment Has Come to Get Rid of Saddam'
- Thin sections were placed on the grids for electron microscopy and stained with lead citrate.
- In May it was burgled and the Victorian stained glass window was smashed.
- The Lions deserve the sweet victory in light of their sustained investment in good players.
- the hem of her dress was stained