cast a slur
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 for practical needs we see that it suffices to cast a slur on facile popularity, and vindicate over and over again those who had been despised and rejected.
From Albert Durer by Moore, T. Sturge
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
Hubert insulted me in his will, and cast a slur on my character by forbidding me to marry you.
From Red Money by Hume, Fergus
It was of course not the purpose of Binet to cast a slur upon the good sense and judgment of teachers.
From The Measurement of Intelligence An Explanation of and a Complete Guide for the Use of the Stanford Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Intelligence Scale by Cubberley, Ellwood Patterson
