calumniating
Example Sentences
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He went out more like Nixon, his accomplishments tainted by allegations of criminality, his circle of trust constricted by banishments, betrayals and arrests until it included few besides his temperamental wife and calumniating eldest son.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2021
And after calumniating the greatest masterpieces, they dare couple their obscure names with those of our supreme masters .
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There are many snares in such topics; not merely the danger of calumniating, but that of engendering a slippery conscience in matters of fact.
From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Hartley, Florence
It may be said without too much calumniating the heart of Louis XIV. that the death of his cousin afforded a certain relief.
From Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 by Barine, Arvede
