Example Sentences

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"Behaviour like that, whether it's at an Old Firm match or any other football match, besmirches that, and it should absolutely be seen as unacceptable."

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2022

The prevalence of this ugly fad usage besmirches the language with a jarring oddity, without purpose in clarity or elegance.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

Mud besmirches his van’s tiny, neat living space.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2018

It is unfortunate that this Times article indirectly besmirches the Yankees.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2017

How is it, I wonder, that while the dear child generally speaks of 'ay and 'ouse, she invariably besmirches with the strongest of aspirates the unfortunate village of H'Orton?

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.