sully

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

It threatened to sully her white dress flecked with rainbows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024

He feels waiting any longer would just sully his father’s name.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2024

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

Man always wants to lay his love on someone, though sometimes he crushes, sometimes he sullies, with it; he may poison another life because he loves without respecting the beloved.

From Creatures That Once Were Men by Maksim Gorky

The rare opinion piece serves as Ellison’s acknowledgment that his family’s close association with President Trump has sullied his standing in Hollywood and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

"The defendants' alleged greed not only established an unfair advantage for select bettors, but also sullied the reputation of America's pastime," FBI Assistant Director in Charge Christopher Raia said in a statement.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

It occurs after it has become clear that Brandon has ruined everything—brought shame to his family and school and sullied the reputation of a girl he doesn’t even know.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Maguire and his staff are hippie idealists, wary of sullying their political mission with trivialities like record reviews.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 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

The Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène rendered myth a visual map that rescued the African past from the sullying grasp of empire.

From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

Worse, he is sullying the only thing her family owns: its good name.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario