impugner
- a word derived from impugn.
Example Sentences
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“Under that is the hater, the impugner of motives, the man who claims he is not angry with the press because he cannot be angry with somebody he does not respect.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2017
Where now is "the formidable array of pontiffs," which show that Ganganelli "is not the solitary impugner," among popes, of the order of Jesuits?
From The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion by Dallas, R. C. (Robert Charles)
John Lynch, the Bishop of Killala, and the indefatigable and successful impugner of Cambrensis, was another literary luminary of the age.
From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances
The voluble impugner of his own profession delivered these two last words in thunder so sudden and effective as to strike Julia's work out of her hands.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
Besides being a practical as well as theoretical philanthropist, Mr. Bray was also a courageous impugner of the dogmas which form the basis of the popular theology.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by Cooke, George Willis
