bad-mouth

Example Sentences

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Trying to get Pete Carroll to bad-mouth a former player of his is like trying to get an Auburn fan to yell “Roll Tide!”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2023

Macchio also made the decision to never bad-mouth the Karate Kid films, even if he was frustrated with the direction his career had taken.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

“Some people bad-mouth America, but in reality, it’s a good country,” said Yoneha, who came to the U.S. from Okinawa on a whim 50 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2022

The mayor then went on vacation to the Southwest, leaving the governor to use his absence to make calls to bad-mouth him.

From Washington Post • Aug. 13, 2021

Pa said, “I advise caution, Leroy. I ain’t trying to bad-mouth no one, but how much we really know ’bout Zephariah?

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis