Example Sentences

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There is no doubt that the crackdown has sullied the image of the president.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

Alternating between Malay and English, he pledged to stamp out the corruption that has sullied Malaysian politics in recent years and expressed gratitude to the supporters who have stood by him over decades.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2022

By doing so it appears he has sullied his own reputation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2020

Her face drops when I ask whether she is upset about the way the Kevin Spacey scandal has sullied the legacy of House of Cards.

From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2018

Nothing vulgar has sullied them; and in this respect life has been truly domesticated.

From Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II by Fuller, Margaret