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
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
Except because the writer is eager to depreciate the value of orthodoxy of belief, and to cast a slur on doctrinal standards generally,—it is hard to see why he should write thus.
From Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford by Burgon, John William
Peter's quick answer seems to be prompted by zeal for his Master's honour, on which the question appears to him to cast a slur.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander
He cannot mean that παρακολουθεῖν, because the Evangelist uses it only once, is suspicious; for that would be to cast a slur on S. Luke i.
From The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark by Burgon, John William
