sully
verb (used with object)
to soil, stain, or tarnish.
had sullied
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past perfectof sully.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She said Hill being named captain had "sullied" the role.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
She said she only hoped to clear her name, one the jury — in awarding nearly $3 million for defamation — agreed Trump had sullied.
From Seattle Times ● May 11, 2023
In the meantime, he said he would continue to challenge the "nonsense, hypocrisy, sloppy logic and group-think" that had sullied the world of sustainable finance, the post read.
From Reuters ● Jul. 7, 2022
Or, perhaps it’s by eating food that the bat had sullied with its own spit, urine or faeces?
From Nature ● Dec. 30, 2014
He's dead, whose love had sullied all your reign, And made you empress of the world in vain.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
