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Definition of Sullies
1. sully [v] - See also: sully
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sullies
Literary usage of Sullies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"The part he took in this murder sullies the fame of Benedetto Alberti, who in
his general conduct had been more uniformly influenced by honest principles ..."
2. The Horse: How to Breed and Rear Him by William Day (1890)
"Effect of using inferior stallions—Subsequent offspring by other horses
affected—Cecil's opinion—One cross sullies a mare for life—Overwhelming evidence in ..."
3. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"Marry, sir, here's my drift, And I believe it is a fetch of warrant ; You laying
these slight sullies on my son, ..."
4. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"The tendency of the petition is, further, that all impiety which sullies this
holy name, may be utterly abolished ; that whatever obscures or diminishes ..."
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