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
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
Does the author wish to cast a slur on the Darwinian theory?
From Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists by Ashmun, Margaret
Vernon replied that he had no right to this, and that as it would seem to cast a slur upon their honesty he objected to it being done.
From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various
George soon learnt that he had been deceived, that people were scandalised at his appearing to cast a slur upon his mother, and that the opposition in the commons would move to include her name.
From The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration by Poole, Reginald Lane
