Those financiers made spoil of widows'money by selling them worthless shares.
Bitterly I thought in my mind that the storm came on purpose to spoil my happiness; all its malice was against me.
"Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.
His monotonous voice would spoil any poem.
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
To allow the child to misbehave without instantly making it unpleasantly conscious of the fact would be to spoil it.
"The five colours confuse the eye, The five sounds dull the ear, The five tastes spoil the palate. Excess of hunting and chasing Makes minds go mad. Products that are hard to get Impede their owner's movements."
Don't let me spoil your fun, daring.
This is the portion of those who plunder us, And the allotment of those who take us as spoil.
Bagged greens can save a lot of time in the kitchen, but be sure to blanch them soon after bringing them home so they don't spoil in the bags.
This often results in huge holes in the ground, noxious spoil-heaps and polluted watercourses.
Learn to enjoy your reading without asking too many questions or analyzing too much. It will just spoil the sensual enjoyment of the reading experience.
I put the veal scallops into the refrigerator before they could spoil.
Your present behaviour would spoil your future.
India's persistent food inflation, to take another example, is made worse by an antiquated system of storage and transport that lets between 25% and 40% of some crops spoil before they reach market.
I don't want to spoil you, dear boy.
Best of all, the new process didn’t spoil the rice wrappings, which meant they could be eaten with the fish: Sushi was born!
And I thought that was great, because he wanted to feel the amazement and feel the wonder and not spoil it for him.
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