- present participle of malign.
maligning
Example Sentences
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CompassCare has responded by furiously maligning Kamke in public, an unusual way to treat a former patient.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
It was put in place by the trial judge in October to stop Mr. Trump from maligning or threatening prosecutors, potential witnesses or court employees involved in the case.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
The 50-year-old journalist was living in Kenya to avoid arrest at home on charges of maligning the powerful military.
From Washington Times ● May 25, 2023
“I don’t think she’s maligning ‘Deal or No Deal.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Why, the Dunces had been maligning him all their days, long before the treatise on the Profund.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various