sully

None of the high-born men he knows would sully their steel in the name of protecting the innocent.

From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026

Macron almost immediately responded on X: "Shame on those who wanted to sully his memory," he wrote.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

Introducing a two-tier system to the World Test Championship would be "greedy" and would "sully the game", says former England fast bowler Steven Finn.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025

Why would millennials, unable to own their own places, sully the site of our nostalgia by playing as landlords?

From Slate ● Apr. 3, 2024

I thought all he wanted was to have nothing unusual sully his days, that what he disliked or feared most was uncertainty.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

"This summit does not dignify anyone, rather, it dirties them, it sullies them. We Latin Americans have to defend ourselves so that they respect us."

From Reuters ● May 19, 2022

Trivializing the suffering of those targeted for extermination by comparing it to modern-day difficulties sullies the memory of the victims.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2022

Since I began working on the history of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill, every time crude oil sullies U.S. waters and beaches, I wait for the same sad, misleading official narrative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2021

No such fluff sullies the lexicon of Burke’s latest character.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2019

Slang never ornamented conversation, but it invariably sullies and degrades it.

From Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. by Frost, Sarah Annie

I had imagined that retirement would offer a life unshackled at last, a blissful new chapter in which workplace anxiety no longer sullied my contentment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

But he has been tipped to potentially replace Thomas Tuchel as England boss after the World Cup and will not want his reputation sullied by a poor end to the season.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

Sweeping ocean views are sullied by hollow shells of graffiti-tagged homes and miles of chain-link fencing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

Now-Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood experienced similar hostility despite holding the Ladywood constituency, describing it as a campaign "sullied by harassment and intimidation" of her, her family and supporters.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

“Naw. My soul is too sullied for the Lord to bother much with me.”

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

As far back as the 1930s, during the infamous “Bodyline” tour, English bowlers were accused of sullying the game by aiming balls directly at Australian batsmen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

"Without those answers any sceptical person would be worried that there might be some financial wrongdoing taking place and this would risk sullying the reputation of the Royal family," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025

But Fefferman said this dirt sometimes blows onto his home, coating his solar panels and sullying his pool and koi pond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

But that doesn’t mean this team’s shortcomings aren’t sullying the summer for its most ardent supporters.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

Worse, he is sullying the only thing her family owns: its good name.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario