calumniate

Example Sentences

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But I never could have believed that it would lead him to do anything so vile as to calumniate me so cruelly.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

A gentleman will never calumniate or listen to calumny.

From The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society by Hartley, Cecil B.

"I knew what I was saying when I spoke to him as I did, for a man who does not hesitate to calumniate an unprotected woman has no sense of honour!"

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph

The hired advocate may calumniate as he will, but he can show no collusion or connivance on your part.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

I do not calumniate her, when I say that she had no character, and the most limited ideas.

From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von