sully

Anyone associated in any way with Jeffrey Epstein would sully the Olympics, especially an organizer thereof.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 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

Why would millennials, unable to own their own places, sully the site of our nostalgia by playing as landlords?

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024

No cars had yet left their tracks to sully the road.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

"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

The least important is the structure itself, unless it sullies the site it occupies and increases the indebtedness of the people it serves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2020

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

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

As proprietary governor he sullies the dignity of his communications to the House of Representatives by making the same a conveyance of falsehood, thereby creating trouble between Pennsylvania and Virginia.

From A Virginia Scout by Hutchison, D. C.

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

Customers complained about long wait times and high prices, and crowds of impatient customers picking up mobile orders sullied the experience for those who still wanted to linger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 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

“What won’t be cured must be endured. Bibi has caused enough worry, added enough to expenses, sullied enough the family name.”

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

"I think it's greedy - monetising something that is so pure like Test cricket feels like it is sullying the game. It just doesn't sit right with me."

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025

Dismayed by the trash sullying the river that the mosque sits on, he ordered a cleanup.

From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

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

I had a vision of anger spreading through me like a malignant tumor, sullying the best hours of my life and rendering me incapable of tenderness or mercy.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende