Examples of character assassination in a Sentence

None of those rumors are true. She's been the victim of character assassination. the actor's lawyers charge that the tabloid engaged in a deliberate campaign of character assassination

Recent Examples on the Web Three months after Omarova withdrew her nomination, Sarah Bloom Raskin endured a similar character assassination. — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2022 But such hopes ignore the corrosive impact of recent nomination fights -- which ended with Democrats accusing the GOP of stealing seats and conservatives claiming nominees endured character assassination. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022 The Bronson administration has called the accusations false and an attempt at character assassination. — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Nov. 2021 But how many of those barbs were simply attempts at character assassination isn’t clear. — NBC News, 18 Oct. 2021 In February 2021, Timberlake publicly apologized for his involvement in Spears's character assassination in the 2000s. — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2021 Is this campy fun or inadvertent character assassination? — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2021 If your teen comes to you beforehand worried about how to approach the breakup, Solomon advises parents to do a role-play or brainstorm a script that avoids finger-pointing and character assassination. — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021 So there was a real character assassination of the entire political movement. — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2021 See More

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“Character assassination.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/character%20assassination. Accessed 23 May. 2022.

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