malign
verb (used with object)
maligning
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present participleof malign.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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CompassCare has responded by furiously maligning Kamke in public, an unusual way to treat a former patient.
From Slate ● May 28, 2024
Schultz and Gershman expect that, should Carroll proceed with another complaint and trial, Trump will receive much steeper punitive damages than previously adjudged as the court attempts to further deter him from maligning her.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2024
The executive director of Central Arkansas Library System, Nate Coulter, said the judge’s 49-page decision recognized the law as censorship, a violation of the Constitution and wrongly maligning librarians.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2023
“I don’t think she’s maligning ‘Deal or No Deal.’”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
You know, and I know that you know, that I am The Company up North which you are maligning here in The Hollow.
From A Son of the Hills by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
