impugn
Example Sentences
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In the latter, he said he did not impugn the jurors — who were not present — but was advising the just-acquitted defendant to stay out of trouble.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
Ms. Nuzzi will not dignify efforts to impugn her character with any future response,” Nuzzi’s lawyer Ari Wilkenfeld said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Their best approach would be to impugn the credibility of the witnesses on the cross-examination, with the most vulnerable witness being Michael Cohen.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
But first she bought brown drugstore hair dye, worried that being seen there might impugn her reputation.
From New York Times • May 7, 2023
Theology labors to show that this conflict is apparent rather than real, to admit it would seem to impugn the justice of the Deity.
From Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses by Adler, Felix
Vocabulary lists containing impugn
Hidden Figures
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First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
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The Merchant of Venice
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