calumniate

Example Sentences

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It is dishonourable,--understand me, Herr von Heydeck,--I repeat, grossly dishonourable to calumniate thus publicly a young lady who cannot defend herself!

From Too Rich A Romance by Streckfuss, Adolph

If there should be any cruel enough, ungenerous enough, or base enough," sobbed she, "to calumniate me, you will be my protector; and beneath your roof shall I find my refuge.

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Lever, Charles James

Example: Balbus protests that he does not wish to harm anyone, and then proceeds to calumniate his neighbors.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome

It is still fashionable to calumniate this man—and yet Channing, Theodore Parker, Longfellow, Emerson, and in fact all the liberal Unitarians and Universalists of the world have adopted the opinions of Thomas Paine.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green

They know not what they do, nor what they say: in their ignorance they calumniate that which is best both in their life and in themselves.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste