Example Sentences

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Many have impugned the billionaire space moguls’ actions, including the secretary-general of the United Nations, and the troubles of Blue Origin’s corporate culture are well-documented of late.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021

He didn’t have to specify whom these words were targeted at: some of those who have impugned his own motives were sitting before him.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 13, 2016

They have impugned it, as I think wrongly; and its defenders have defended it, and defended it wrongly.

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

You have impugned my honor and that of Onzar.

From Evil Out of Onzar by Ganes, Mark

Some critics have impugned his legal knowledge, but probably without justice.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various