Sample Sentences for
besmirch
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besmirch as in:  besmirch his reputation

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  • Don't besmirch that.  (source)
    besmirch = dirty
  • The Long Summer will come again before that one would besmirch his precious honor.  (source)
    besmirch = dirty or stain
  • You besmirched my reputation.  (source)
    besmirched = speak poorly of
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  • We're going to make this a business deal, gentlemen, so that your dubious records won't be further besmirched.  (source)
    besmirched = tarnished (by putting negative things in their official records)
  • You dare speak his name with your unworthy lips, you dare besmirch it with your half-blood's tongue, you dare—  (source)
    besmirch = dirty
  • He accused her of taking her pleasure with Clara while he was away, and of besmirching the names of the children, the honor of the house, and the memory of their dear departed mother, and told her he was sick and tired of her evil tricks and that he was throwing her out of the house.†  (source)
  • This examination room, for example, is a disgrace and besmirchment upon our practice.†  (source)
  • Occasional rents in the besmirched sky allowed pale bars of light to strike the ground, where they remained, like pillars of translucent glass, until they were truncated by the shifting clouds.  (source)
    besmirched = dirtied
  • My unclean hands and lips besmirch the purity of his love.†  (source)
  • FILTHY HALF-BREEDS, BESMIRCHING THE HOUSE OF MY FATHERS—  (source)
    BESMIRCHING = staining the good name and reputation of
  • Better that your Jonathan die than that an angel be so besmirched.†  (source)
  • You will not besmirch my family.†  (source)
  • Tereza did not believe that Tomas meant to leave her for the woman, but the happiness of their two years in the country now seemed besmirched by lies.†  (source)
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