Example Sentences

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But that did not come to pass and Saudi officials have been looking more recently for ways to end the war, which has tarred the kingdom’s reputation and taxed its finances.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Instead, a vast corruption scandal that has tarred countless national figures, combined with a devastating recession, set in motion a period of political instability.

From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2018

Katherine Franke of the Columbia University law school has tarred him for this as, well, you can guess.

From Time • Nov. 29, 2016

Set against the general opprobrium that has tarred utopia in the twentieth century, these are works of intellectual and political rehabilitation.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2016

Richard Johnson of the Page Six gossip column often has tarred her with sobriquets like “the pushy publicist” or “perpetually petulant publicist.”

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2016