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 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
In a lawsuit last month, the attorney general of the Virgin Islands, Denise N. George, said Mr. Epstein had sullied the territory’s reputation with his conduct.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2020
Or, perhaps it’s by eating food that the bat had sullied with its own spit, urine or faeces?
From Nature ● Dec. 30, 2014
Since the day when the last vile calumny had sullied her life Ursula, a prey to one of those inexplicable maladies the seat of which is in the soul, seemed to be rapidly nearing death.
From Ursula by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
