Such a claim could only besmirch the proud regimental standards inscribed with the real victories of two centuries. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has disputed Mhlongo's testimony, saying he was being used to "besmirch" the ANC. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The TRC's findings were also "capricious and arbitrary" and would "besmirch" the legitimate struggle against apartheid. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Lashing out at critics trying to "besmirch" Tharoor by "presenting me as a proxy for him". From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Phil Spector, signaling a possible shift in tactics by the defense, which had promised not to "besmirch" slain actress Lana Clarkson. From Wordnik.com. Reference
They belittle its history and besmirch its rulers. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
For a time he even refused to besmirch his menu with pasta. From Wordnik.com. [Marchesi, on Food and Life] Reference
Can you thus besmirch the laurels that in other days you won. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890] Reference
Melanie - your constant efforts to besmirch Obama is depressing. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I did not mean to besmirch the good name of the members of Metric. From Wordnik.com. [Staying Cool With The Songs Of The Week] Reference
I dare you, she was saying, to besmirch the memory of my little girl. From Wordnik.com. [When The Bough Breaks]
First of all, very early and I'm hesitant to besmirch the reputations of those pilots. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2001] Reference
We will land on you like a hammer if you do anything to besmirch this man's reputation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 25, 2003] Reference
SUTTON: I suppose it's a fair question but I wouldn't besmirch the doctors in the Bahamas. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2006] Reference
"You have besmirched my tree, and now I shall besmirch you, you tasty morsel of a mouthful.". From Wordnik.com. [Yon Ill Wind]
Why would he try and besmirch people who aren't even here to defend themselves at this point?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2007] Reference
"I care nothing for any private business of yours which doesn't besmirch your public character.". From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
They besmirch our reputation and reflect a very, very bad picture of Iraqi -- Iraqis as a whole. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2004] Reference
An erring son is a common thing; and an erring brother doesn't necessarily besmirch a sister's honor. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Feather] Reference
Grant was just setting up his absurd straw man just to establish a way for him to besmirch Senator Obama. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Rudy Campaign Official: He's The Guy To Chase "The Muslims" Back "To Their Caves"] Reference
They have five or six people running around doing talk shows and trying to refute me and trying to besmirch me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2004] Reference
We have some cases, maybe of a handful, it shouldn't besmirch those particular soldiers that have served so well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 2, 2006] Reference
While he lived, every imaginable calumny, plausible and unplausible, was invented to besmirch his character and his art. From Wordnik.com. [Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama] Reference
In it she had to resort to insinuations and outright lies to attempt to besmirch the good name of a productive American. From Wordnik.com. [Bil Browning: TVC's Andrea Lafferty: A zombie queen in pastel] Reference
He paused, then said, “Look, Upshaw, not to besmirch the dead, but can I give you an impression I got — on the QT?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Nowhere]
We believe that this is a thinly veiled attempt to besmirch the name of the then ANC Minister of Housing, Dumisani Makhaye. From Wordnik.com. [INKATHAGATE 2 SCANDAL AT PLAY] Reference
It is not proper that gentlemen like you should besmirch yourselves by fighting with a low-bred scoundrel like this fellow. From Wordnik.com. [Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist Dudie Dunne Again in the Field] Reference
THIELE: Well, I'm going to tell you right now -- is that I do not besmirch the Dixie Chicks for believing whatever they want. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2003] Reference
He goes after the video camera, he goes after the reporter and anybody else who is trying to besmirch his business reputation. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2008] Reference
Is it really necessary to besmirch an administration and to destroy a person politically, even in a political contest for office?. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
Sure it's hard to besmirch the character of hundreds of thousands of people you've had killed, but, hey, that's what paralegals are for. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2003] Reference
Pp, Tony, ahad ha'amoratsim, and trumpeldor be careful, you besmirch the name of Jews worldwide when you associate them with Israeli thugs. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
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