calumniate

Example Sentences

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One person's cordiality is calumniated by dirty minds as sexual predation.

From Washington Post

He went out more like Nixon, his accomplishments tainted by allegations of criminality, his circle of trust constricted by banishments, betrayals and arrests until it included few besides his temperamental wife and calumniating eldest son.

From New York Times

“But I say to you: Love your enemies: Do good to them that hate you: And pray for them that persecute and calumniate you,” Jesus says in that Gospel verse.

From Washington Times

I’m putting this politely: They have been calumniated and abused for centuries.

From New York Times

Yet a TV host who has never served in uniform does not hesitate to calumniate a wounded war hero — and his audience applauds his cruelty and shamelessness.

From Washington Post