obloquy
Example Sentences
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As he later wrote, defending “the Soldiers procured me Anxiety and Obloquy enough. It was, however, one of the most gallant, generous, manly and disinterested Actions of my whole Life.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2017
Obloquy now seems to be a stronger weapon than negotiation.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2014
Her own son Osgood, a struggling writer in New York, publishes a novella entitled The Duchess of Obloquy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Playing a role somewhere between Prospero and Scattergood Baines. she launches his career by sinking $200,000 into a movie of The Duchess of Obloquy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Obloquy may again take the place of the praise which now encircles him.
From Lloyd George The Man and His Story by Dilnot, Frank
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