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Definition of Besmirching
1. besmirch [v] - See also: besmirch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Besmirching
Literary usage of Besmirching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Why Not ?: Or, Lawyer Truman's Story by William W. Totheroh (1894)
"... and is terribly besmirching to reputation." CHAPTER XXVII. An invitation to
a ' 'Reception'', under the auspices of a "Gentlemen's Club" in the Old ..."
2. Sunday Lecturesby Joseph Krauskopf, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Leonard Levy by Joseph Krauskopf, Henry Berkowitz, Joseph Leonard Levy (1892)
"... but the saddest of all is this besmirching of his fair name, in the declining
years of his life, by a notorious leader of a mob of character- murderers, ..."
3. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1912)
"Conway had the grace to attempt no denial; but Gates discerned in the incident
a chance of besmirching Washington, and tainting the fair fame of a ..."
4. Publications by Oriental Translation Fund (1897)
"the collected filth of many days besmirching his body. [169] This inauspicious
celebration of his departure deepened the prince's apprehensions. ..."
5. Transactions by Glasgow Archaeological Society, British Pomological Society (1905)
"... "of that furious sect of Presbyterians called Cameronians," so grievously
abused them to the shedding of blood, tearing of hair, besmirching with mire, ..."
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