impugn
verb (used with object)
to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
are impugning
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present progressiveof impugn.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It is a measure of the importance of the debate that all sides are impugning one another's motives.
From Time Magazine Archive
I observe you are stranded; and, if I read your thoughts aright, you are impugning the courtesy of that young runagate.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Sir Max Beerbohm
