miasma

a miasma of despair rose from the black workshops.

wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.

a miasma of stale alcohol hung around him like marsh gas.

The miasma of pollution hung heavy in the air.

The ancient swamp was filled with a thick miasma of decay.

The miasma of fear spread through the village as rumors of a ghost circulated.

The miasma of mistrust between the two countries made negotiations difficult.

She felt suffocated by the miasma of negativity surrounding her.

The miasma of illness seemed to permeate the hospital wards.

The miasma of corruption tainted the reputation of the once-respected politician.

The miasma of despair hung over the war-torn city.

The miasma of hatred between the rival gangs led to violent clashes.

The miasma of uncertainty clouded their decision-making process.

Wherever you look, covid-19 throws up a miasma of such trade-offs.

It was everything that miasma believers feared.

By the time Florence Nightingale came along, miasma wasn't the only theory in town.

But miasma was still the theory British politicians and army medical brass believed.

In the mid-19th Century, if you got sick, there was only one explanation: miasma.

One of the oldest and most commonly held beliefs about the spread of disease was a practice known as “miasma theory.”

You have surrounded this house with a miasma of scandal and touched all of us by association.

This recipe was inspired by the famed 2nd century Greco-Roman physician Galen, and was thought to ward off poisoned air known as miasma.

They consulted the works of earlier physicians for guidance, did what they could to fend off miasma, and prescribed a variety of concoctions and antidotes.

As one observer at the time wrote, the intention was to kill off those inside, because the " intolerable stench" of the corpses' miasma would spread the disease into the air and water.