malign
verb (used with object)
has maligned
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present perfectof malign (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He repeatedly has maligned witnesses and suggested bias on the jury — all despite a judge’s gag order meant to bar him from verbal tirades against key players in the case.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2024
Yet, some progress has been made on an issue that advocates say has maligned MSM for decades, diminishing a policy that wasn't rooted solely in science.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2023
He has maligned the press as a den of liars and fabulists.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2019
I suspect Rosalind Franklin and the various groups Watson has maligned over the years would beg to differ.
From The Verge ● Dec. 9, 2014
Daudet has maligned the South so far as courage is concerned: there is nothing to show that the Southerners, Tarasconnais and others, are any more cowardly than the men of the North.
From A Novelist on Novels by Walter Lionel George
