libelous
Example Sentences
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Davis, as Columbia’s general counsel, felt certain lines in the protest song were libelous and told the infuriated songwriter that it wouldn’t make it onto the record, he wrote in one of his two memoirs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
After replacing the original judge and disqualifying Zenger’s counsel, the crown lost its case when a jury acquitted Zenger, even though under existing law the paper’s writings were libelous.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
The defendants were making false and clearly libelous claims of fraud and exacerbating those false claims by comparisons with convicted criminals.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2024
But in a ruling on Dec. 8, Justice Matthew Nicklin said that lawyers for The Mail had a real chance to prove that the article reflected an “honest opinion,” as opposed to being libelous.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
While intended as a libelous description, Adams’s choice of words was literally correct.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
