impugn
Example Sentences
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In the latter, he said he did not impugn the jurors — who were not present — but was advising the just-acquitted defendant to stay out of trouble.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Ms. Nuzzi will not dignify efforts to impugn her character with any future response,” Nuzzi’s lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Their best approach would be to impugn the credibility of the witnesses on the cross-examination, with the most vulnerable witness being Michael Cohen.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
But first she bought brown drugstore hair dye, worried that being seen there might impugn her reputation.
From New York Times • May 7, 2023
In the remarks that I have made upon its doings, I have had no design to impugn its motives.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John N.
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Hidden Figures
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The Merchant of Venice
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