Example Sentences

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“The law allows a woman to hold a liar and defamer accountable.”

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Blaine “threw his shining lance full and fair against the brazen forehead of every defamer of his country.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2014

Said Mr. Saklatvala: If I got to the United States, I would prove Secretary Kellogg a liar and a defamer in ten minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

They proclaimed in stentor tones and pigeon-English that would have broken the heart of Lindley Murray, that I was a defamer of womanhood—while confessing that they didn't know whether I had ever mentioned a female.

From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by Brann, William Cowper

I defy the ingenuity of man to show that Mr. Hastings is not the defamer of the service.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund