malicious statement

Example Sentences

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The same kind of malicious statement posted online can spread farther and last forever.

From Time Magazine Archive

If spoken, the malicious statement is called slander; if written or printed, it is called libel.

From Studies in Civics by McCleary, J. T. (James Thompson)

Such was the unsympathetic, alliterative heading of the malicious statement which appeared in an opposition organ.

From Unleavened Bread by Grant, Robert

"That is certainly false—an untrue and malicious statement," said Carson.

From The Poor Scholar Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William

It has not been proved otherwise to me, for all that I have peered over his shoulder and read his malicious statement to the contrary.

From The Turtles of Tasman by London, Jack