slander
Example Sentences
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“I slander no one, but shall speak the truth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
The document was later ruled inadmissible at trial, but earlier this year, Italy’s highest court upheld Knox’s separate conviction for committing slander against Lumumba.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2025
He is suing Kardashian for libel, slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress, invasion of privacy, negligence and representing him in false light.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025
Thanks to Bryant, that slander caught on across America.
From Slate • Jan. 11, 2025
“Please, Gus. Not another word. Even my brutalized spirit has some sensitivity left. I can’t let you slander my girls like that.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.