calumniating

Example Sentences

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He went out more like Nixon, his accomplishments tainted by allegations of criminality, his circle of trust constricted by banishments, betrayals and arrests until it included few besides his temperamental wife and calumniating eldest son.

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2021

And after calumniating the greatest masterpieces, they dare couple their obscure names with those of our supreme masters .

From Time Magazine Archive

Adams read in the newspapers that Jefferson had compiled “a Magazine of slips of newspapers, and pamphlets, vilifying, calumniating and defaming you.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"I know only too well that he disliked me, and amused himself by calumniating me; but I am generous and I forgive him!"

From Pinocchio The Tale of a Puppet by Carsey, Alice

He then avoided me, joined in calumniating me, gradually fell away from grace, and died soon after.

From The Autobiography of Madame Guyon by Guyon, Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte