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
M. de Villiers, in his account of this transaction to the French government, avails himself of these passages in the capitulation to cast a slur on the conduct of Washington.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
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)
He was going to have made a remark that would have cast a slur on the character of his late partner, so he checked himself and sighed.
From The Lifeboat by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Everyone in the navy here would feel it cast a slur upon the service if, at a time like this, a naval officer were tried and shot for treachery.
From With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
