vilified
Example Sentences
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"I don't joke about Meredith's death. I joke a lot about how I was vilified, but I don't joke about her murder," she had told the Telegraph newspaper, external.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sturgeon said she was still waiting for Murrell to offer an explanation for his crimes - crimes that she said have led to her being unfairly vilified, humiliated and placed under suspicion.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
Her boyfriend was cleared but her landlord, Christopher Jefferies, was arrested, held far longer than was customary for someone never actually charged with a crime, and vilified in the press.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
But the woman that people came to know on-screen as the bow-wielding renegade Katniss Everdeen — and off-screen as a goofy straight-shooter — was vilified by the media, discredited for the crime of being herself.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
She had seen her mentor Howard Fuller vilified.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
