sully

None of the high-born men he knows would sully their steel in the name of protecting the innocent.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Macron almost immediately responded on X: "Shame on those who wanted to sully his memory," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

Introducing a two-tier system to the World Test Championship would be "greedy" and would "sully the game", says former England fast bowler Steven Finn.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025

The more luminous, the more you fear you’ll sully it.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2023

Behold, we must sully the plain snow with footprints, in order to get anywhere.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

"This summit does not dignify anyone, rather, it dirties them, it sullies them. We Latin Americans have to defend ourselves so that they respect us."

From Reuters ● May 19, 2022

Trivializing the suffering of those targeted for extermination by comparing it to modern-day difficulties sullies the memory of the victims.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022

Since I began working on the history of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, every time crude oil sullies U.S. waters and beaches, I wait for the same sad, misleading official narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

No such fluff sullies the lexicon of Burke’s latest character.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

People high up in authority may deny this, but he who denies it sullies the truth.

From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by A. G. (Alfred Greenwood) Hales

Plenty of Kobe Bryant fans began griping online about the Heat’s tactics, which they said sullied a legendary evening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

But he has been tipped to potentially replace Thomas Tuchel as England boss after the World Cup and will not want his reputation sullied by a poor end to the season.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Sweeping ocean views are sullied by hollow shells of graffiti-tagged homes and miles of chain-link fencing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

It has a history of bad actors who have sullied crypto’s good name by issuing stablecoins that turned out not to be stable.

From Slate ● May 21, 2025

I throwed the other ones and Mr. Taylor’s sullied knife on the ground.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

As far back as the 1930s, during the infamous “Bodyline” tour, English bowlers were accused of sullying the game by aiming balls directly at Australian batsmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

"Without those answers any sceptical person would be worried that there might be some financial wrongdoing taking place and this would risk sullying the reputation of the Royal family," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

But Fefferman said this dirt sometimes blows onto his home, coating his solar panels and sullying his pool and koi pond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

She once paid $110,000 at a fund-raising auction to buy the right to hold a party there — in large part to prevent nonroyals from sullying what she considered her ancestral home.

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

Maria Isabel is enraged; they are sullying one of the few things she has—her honor.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario