Examples of sully in a Sentence
Verb
people that sully our state parks with their trash
a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke
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Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Boeing had already been reeling from two deadly Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 that sullied the reputation of America's largest exporter.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 27 July 2025
Tens of thousands of people have been sickened by the pollution, which also sullies the air when the water aerosolizes as sea spray.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
More than two decades after the brand was sullied by fraud and some of its top executives were sent to prison, Enron is ... back?
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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His publicist at the time would not comment on whether the traffic infractions and exposure may have sullied Diddy on Miami Beach.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 May 2025
Boeing had already been reeling from two deadly Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 that sullied the reputation of America's largest exporter.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 27 July 2025
Tens of thousands of people have been sickened by the pollution, which also sullies the air when the water aerosolizes as sea spray.
—Joe Mathews, Mercury News, 16 May 2025
More than two decades after the brand was sullied by fraud and some of its top executives were sent to prison, Enron is ... back?
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Sully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sully. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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