cast a slur on

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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

But for practical needs we see that it suffices to cast a slur on facile popularity, and vindicate over and over again those who had been despised and rejected.

From Albert Durer by Moore, T. Sturge

Not to have believed that, after all these years, would have been to deny all his usefulness in life, and to cast a slur on the House of God.

From Saint's Progress by Galsworthy, John

Yes, sir, you began by insinuating that she was as venal as yourself; for you are one that can be bought by the first-comer; and now you would cast a slur on her chastity.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various

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