aspersion
Example Sentences
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Though Smith’s actions cast no aspersion on the sisters, his win for playing their father was stained with apology rather than triumph and that’s too bad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022
Schumer instead tempered the aspersion directed at his Senate counterpart as a “blatant falsehood.”
From Fox News ● Oct. 13, 2018
He excelled at the art of casting aspersion.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2017
They could cast aspersion on the World Cup in Qatar in 2022, which still hangs under suspicions about how the votes were secured to win Qatar’s bid eight months ago.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2011
The chief ignored Trengove’s aspersion and calmly remarked to the bench, “My Lord, I think the Crown is running wild.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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