calumniate

Example Sentences

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The intriguers about the court, the malcontents in the country, eagerly seized on this circumstance to calumniate the Duke, and accused him of unworthy motives in the conduct of the war.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various

Example: Balbus wishes to calumniate Caius, but is not able to do so himself.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

Fearing that Caius will escape his vengeance, he steals money and offers it to Sempronius as an inducement to calumniate Caius.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

I am too well aware how men can lie and calumniate.

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

I am well aware that it is a locality where he enjoys little popularity himself; but at least he need not calumniate its people.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James