malign
verb (used with object)
have maligned
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present perfectof malign.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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But we have maligned one, venerated the other, and fallen into exaggerated performances of both that cause harm to all.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
“You have maligned my dad’s foundation,” Mr. Spitzer said sternly, before going on to say that the foundation had been audited and “it is pristine; it is perfect.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2013
Maria Isabel feels she is being forced to have her daughter’s celebration with women who have maligned her as a bad mother.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
“What treatment do you expect from the man whom you have maligned, whose private letters you have, contrary to all the laws of honour, ventured to peruse?” exclaimed Reginald.
From The Young Rajah by W.G.C. Gruine
He was not a man by any means habitually intemperate, and now any one saying that he was tipsy would have maligned him.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
