cast a slur on
Example Sentences
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Sensitive Egyptian government archeologists had been afraid it would cast a slur on their efficiency, as they had felt when Carter and Carnarvon entered Luxor.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the decision of the Court cast a slur on his name, and on that of his second wife.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
Yes, sir, you began by insinuating that she was as venal as yourself; for you are one that can be bought by the first-comer; and now you would cast a slur on her chastity.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various
The hateful means used to obtain an apparently good end have cast a slur on the reputation of more than one high-toned statesman.
From England's Case Against Home Rule by Dicey, Albert Venn
When the Deacon rises, he goes around his house, hawking, spitting, slamming doors, tumbling down wood, just to cast a slur on the lazy habits of modern days.
From The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West by Riley, H. H.
