slander

Example Sentences

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He has long said the allegations against him are part of a campaign of slander.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

“I slander no one, but shall speak the truth.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

As accusations mounted, Do claimed he was the victim of slander, responding with defiant vitriol against the reporter who broke the story, Nick Gerda, and demanding his firing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025

Fishel then noted that she was not active on Facebook but took a dig at Ward, claiming she spoke to TMZ to slander the cast when their podcast was in the news.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Although Chicago was rapidly achieving recognition as an industrial and mercantile dynamo, its leading men felt keenly the slander from New York that their city had few cultural assets.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson