- present participle of defame.
defaming
Example Sentences
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Chaves has had strained ties with local media, whom he accuses of defaming him.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
“The whole thing’s about defaming me,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Thailand's lese majeste law forbids anyone from defaming or threatening the royal family.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
Capriglione said he was “not above scrutiny,” but threatened legal action, seemingly against Current Revolt as well as Grace, for what he characterized as “lying and defaming me.”
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025
Adams read in the newspapers that Jefferson had compiled “a Magazine of slips of newspapers, and pamphlets, vilifying, calumniating and defaming you.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
