calumniate
Example Sentences
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What I am now writing may seem to have little to do with the narrative of my own life, and may look as though I wished to calumniate the natives of Dalmatia.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Gozzi, Carlo
I am too well aware how men can lie and calumniate.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Example: Balbus protests that he does not wish to harm anyone, and then proceeds to calumniate his neighbors.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
They will calumniate you as they have done Thomas Paine and the rest of those brave men who have been courageous enough to strive for civil and religious liberty.
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
Monsieur mon frère!" exclaimed the lady indignantly, "if you forget your own position and mine, I must beg you at least to remember the profession of the holy man whom you calumniate.
From A Night on the Borders of the Black Forest by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
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"The Wife of Bath's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer
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