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
He challenged the most noted duelist of the southwest, because he dared to cast a slur upon Jackson's wife.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles
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
Do you consider that the inventor of a steel plow cast a slur upon his father who scratched the ground with a wooden one?
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Do not suppose that we wish to cast a slur upon the latter personage, but it is too much to require that he who keeps a caravansera should look upon every wayfarer as a brother.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 by Various
