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
My dear, you have put the matter in a new light," said the Rev. Joshua Twemlow; "I would be the last man in the world to cast a slur upon any brother clergyman.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
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
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
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
