aspersion
Example Sentences
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That will be no mean feat in a district where she is already facing the “carpetbagger” aspersion.
From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Though Smith’s actions cast no aspersion on the sisters, his win for playing their father was stained with apology rather than triumph and that’s too bad.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2022
Schumer instead tempered the aspersion directed at his Senate counterpart as a “blatant falsehood.”
From Fox News • Oct. 13, 2018
No matter, it is fully understandable that Williams would react to the allusion of the data as aspersion against her accomplishments.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2018
The chief ignored Trengove’s aspersion and calmly remarked to the bench, “My Lord, I think the Crown is running wild.”
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
