cast a slur
Example Sentences
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Sensitive Egyptian government archeologists had been afraid it would cast a slur on their efficiency, as they had felt when Carter and Carnarvon entered Luxor.
From Time Magazine Archive
O that they did but know my heart!—It shall sooner burst, than voluntarily, uncompelled, undriven, dictate a measure that shall cast a slur either upon them, or upon my sex.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel
On the contrary, advice, however excellent, which cast a slur on their habits would be the surest means of rousing both their anger and their opposition.
From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil
The main object of Maude's remarks seems to be to cast a slur upon Gipsy Latimer, and to imply that she's taken an unfair advantage in coming to the fore.
From The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life by Campbell, John
Hence a wise system of concessions allowed by the Church to the senses, always, however, under formalities which cast a slur on every act of the senses, and maintained the sham usurpation of the spirit.
From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich
