How to Use adulterate in a Sentence

adulterate

verb

• The company is accused of adulterating its products with cheap additives.
• Fentanyl can be used to adulterate meth sold on the street.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
• Most of the ketamine was in powder form, which could raise the risk of being adulterated with deadly drugs such as fentanyl.
  — Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• Cruz Perez, 47, has been charged with two counts of adulterating a substance with bodily fluids and is set to appear in court again March 28.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2018
• Some experts estimate that up to 70% of all U.S. honey is fake or adulterated in some way.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• Their pure, unadulterated rum had been adulterated, and Wathen and Morris would have to figure out what to do about it.
  — Julia Thiel, Chicago Reader, 9 Apr. 2018
• For 29 years, Wiley was the bane of companies that peddled adulterated food.
  — Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
• Horowitz also gave the animals a choice between their adulterated urine, and the adulterating smell on its own.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2017
• Hall noted that fentanyl also was found in seven methamphetamine overdose deaths in Broward County last year and it’s likely the deaths were caused by adulterated drugs.
  — Ryan Van Velzer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• Sunset added another $850 fee to verify that the urine hadn’t been adulterated, among other charges.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 19 Feb. 2018
• It has not been diluted, processed or adulterated in any way — a massive problem on the worldwide honey market.
  — Nicole Haase, Journal Sentinel, 6 June 2023
• Perez has been charged with two counts of adulterating a substance with bodily fluids, according to the complaint, which was filed in Ramsey County District Court.
  — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018
• In the canon of infidelity drama, Harold Pinter’s Betrayal may hold the distinction of being the least … adulterated.
  — Allison Adato, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2019
• Some opioids used to adulterate heroin last longer than Narcan, the drug used to stop overdoses, which means users may need multiple Narcan injections to survive one bad dose.
  — Cat Ferguson, The Verge, 21 May 2018
• As heroin has been adulterated with the deadlier opioid fentanyl, often without the user’s knowledge, the overdose death rate has soared.
  — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• But apparently the modern smoothie has to be gross, adulterated with kale and chia seeds, protein powder and vermiculite.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 June 2017
• Why does wine, one of the simplest yet most kaleidoscopic of beverages, need to be adulterated by something as foreign as chocolate to be appealing?
  — Mike Dunne, sacbee, 13 Feb. 2018
• Nobody knew that this was being adulterated into our supply.
  — Ashley Schwartz-Lavares, ABC News, 28 July 2023
• The term originated with the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, which was put into place to ensure the quality of whiskey at a time when it was often adulterated with unpleasant additives for flavor and color.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 12 June 2023
• Charges against the pair include conspiracy to defraud the government and engaging in commerce with adulterated drugs.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 23 June 2017
• Of the drugs described as being potentially adulterated are skincare and Assured Brand products.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• While tequila is supposed to be made only from a single variety of the plant, the blue agave (it's often adulterated; more on that later), mezcal makers choose from over a hundred different varieties.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2018
• Large trials are nearly impossible to conduct, since products are often adulterated and the concentrations of cannabinoids vary from plant to plant.
  — C. Michael White, Philly.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• First came soy milk, offered in cafeterias as an alternative with which the lactose-intolerant could adulterate their covfefe.
  — Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2020
• The use of hemp in animal feed is forbidden because the Food and Drug Administration considers hemp an adulterating substance.
  — Greeley Tribune, The Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2017
• The test strip, originally designed for the medical profession to test urine, can also be used off-label by heroin and cocaine users who fear their drugs have been adulterated with the synthetic opioid fentanyl.
  — Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2018
• An even more interesting finding was that cheaper avocado oils were more likely to be adulterated or tainted with other oils.
  — Good Housekeeping, 4 June 2023
• In addition, the organization may step in if a product is clearly adulterated or misbranded and the company doesn’t issue a recall itself.
  — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 14 July 2017
• On Wednesday, forensic experts are expected to testify about the likely ingestion of certain drugs with date-rape effects by Habboub and Hayes, whose drink Banas is charged with adulterating in 2014, based on analysis of hair samples.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2020
• Instead, the drug war has incentivized dealers to adulterate the heroin supply with fentanyl, a dangerously potent synthetic opioid that is killing people in growing numbers.
  — Daniel Denvir, Slate Magazine, 30 May 2017

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024