Definition: 1. (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war). 2. The act of spoiling something by causing damage to it. 3. The act of stripping and taking by force. 4. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. 5. Become unfit for consumption or use. 6. Alter from the original. 7. Treat with excessive indulgence.
Use 'spoil' in a sentence:
1. Some of my apples were spoilt last year by grubs inside the fruit.
2. This would spoil so completely the surprise to which Wendy and John and Michael are looking forward.
3. Don't spoil it. Miss Scarlett.
4. Why not spoil yourself with a weekend in a top hotel?
5. They had broadcast calls for voters to spoil their ballot papers.
6. Sorry to spoil your day off.
7. That was how she usually dealt with their protests that she was spoiling her grandchildren.
8. He's a spoilt brat and it's about time he learnt to behave properly.
9. We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid.
10. Postcards always spoil my holidays.
11. At lunchtime, MPs are spoilt for choice in 26 restaurants and bars.
12. It's important not to let mistakes spoil your life.
13. True to military tradition, the victors are now treating themselves to the spoils of war.
14. It's not very sympathetic to spoil everyone's enjoyment as you're doing now.
15. Her untimely return could spoil Miss Melville's entire programme for the evening.
16. Sorry to spoil your day-off.
17. "Peter, you just spoil them, you know," Wendy simpered [exaggerated a smile].
18. But don't spoil our fun!
19. Stop acting like spoilt children!
20. It is regrettable that strike leaders seem intent on spoiling holidays.
21. Don't let him spoil your evening.
22. I might spoil your things, or not do 'em as you like.
23. Peaceful summer evenings can be spoilt by mosquitoes.
24. Most common health upsets that spoil a holiday are easily preventable.
25. I won't spoil it for you, but what I loved the most was that the main characters were just like real kids.
26. Dad spoils me. He loves me. He sticks up for me.
27. Perhaps I could employ someone to iron his shirts, but I wanted to spoil him. He was my man.
28. Milk and vegetables spoil in transit.
29. Parents should not spoil their children.
30. Some people think that borrowing money from a friend would spoil their friendship.
31. Overacting will only spoil the effect.
32. But with paintings, crowds spoil the art.
33. Don't spoil the children.
34. I had an uneasy feeling that he was going to spoil it.
35. Competing warlords and foreign powers scrambled for political spoils.
36. He's spoilt rotten.
37. Some organisms are responsible for spoiling food and cause food poisoning.
38. The film is spoilt by unrealistic contrivances of plot.
39. The strawberries are kept in cold storage to prevent them spoiling during transportation.
40. The scene is so rich in symbolism that any explanation risks spoiling the effect.
41. Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests, soils, water, air and climate.
42. I don't think it would spoil the dimensions of the room.
43. Tha' might spoil th' Magic.
44. Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer.
45. They could not afford to spoil those maps by careless colouring.
46. Our camping trip was spoilt by bad weather.
47. Don't let those annoying coffee or tea stains on your good china and spoil another special occasion.
48. He is a man who will spoil rather than accomplish things.
49. She spoils the children rotten.
50. Don't eat too many nuts ─ you'll spoil your appetite.
51. Don't spoil your appetite by eating sweets just before dinner.
52. Why did you leave the steak to fry, and the ale to run, and then spoil all the meal?
53. Grandparents are often tempted to spoil their grandchildren whenever they come to visit.
