maligning
Example Sentences
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CompassCare has responded by furiously maligning Kamke in public, an unusual way to treat a former patient.
From Slate • May 28, 2024
The 50-year-old journalist was living in Kenya to avoid arrest at home on charges of maligning the powerful military.
From Washington Times • May 25, 2023
FBI and Justice Department policy cautions against discussing ongoing investigations, both to protect the integrity of the inquiries and to avoid unfairly maligning someone who is being scrutinized but winds up ultimately not being charged.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022
And when they lead harassment campaigns, they pick their targets wisely — often maligning public figures rather than private citizens, which gives them broader speech protections under the First Amendment.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2022
Sour severity, tongue of eld maligning, All be to us a penny's estimation.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
