aspersion

Example Sentences

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That will be no mean feat in a district where she is already facing the “carpetbagger” aspersion.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024

Though Smith’s actions cast no aspersion on the sisters, his win for playing their father was stained with apology rather than triumph and that’s too bad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2022

Don’t restrict my freedom to ask questions that are perfectly legitimate, that cast no aspersion unless you choose to take them that way.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2018

Schumer instead tempered the aspersion directed at his Senate counterpart as a “blatant falsehood.”

From Fox News • Oct. 13, 2018

The chief ignored Trengove’s aspersion and calmly remarked to the bench, “My Lord, I think the Crown is running wild.”

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela