She had behaved very well during the past weeks, but the soul that she adored was, to-morrow morning, to be hurled out, wildly, helter-skelter, to receive such Tarnishing as it might please Fate to think good.
"The Golden Scarecrow"
Hugh Walpole
I do not care to describe what happened after that; for in the first place it belongs only to those two lovers, and in the second place I know it could not be described without Tarnishing the pure beauty of it.
"True and Other Stories"
George Parsons Lathrop
The Tarnishing of silver spoons by eggs is due to the formation of silver sulphide, Ag2S. The yellow color of eggs, however, is due to oils, not to S. The main compounds of S are sulphides and sulphates.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams