Example Sentences

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She said she’s faced particular criticism as a black woman because her accusations have tarred the reputation of Fairfax, who also is black.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2019

Some critics across the centuries have tarred it as one of Shakespeare's worst plays, given its crudity and the cruelty of the action.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2012

Shrewd Jean Frenchman knows that Clemenceau, Poincar� and others have tarred Caillaux with a slightly blacker brush than he deserves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Critics have tarred Eggers with the brush of irony, and You Shall Know Our Velocity seems to be his attempt to cleanse himself in the turpentine of earnestness.

From Time Magazine Archive

That's what he says he did, took hold, and he says it was time, because they might have tarred and feathered the Colonel if he hadn't.

From The Wishing Moon by Dutton, Louise Elizabeth