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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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
With Taylor sullied publicly and a leadership void atop the department, Luck became the face of Stanford athletics and the sole possessor of the authority necessary to salvage the football program.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
However, his legacy has been sullied by decades of financial disputes and a barrage lawsuits from artists and creditors.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Tom Pendergast had been convicted of income tax evasion in 1939, and Truman’s reputation was sullied by association.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The charge, stemming from a gun being found on his tour bus in 2007, had previously sullied his perception of New York.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
With Taylor sullied publicly and a leadership void atop the department, Luck became the face of Stanford athletics and the sole possessor of the authority necessary to salvage the football program.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
However, his legacy has been sullied by decades of financial disputes and a barrage lawsuits from artists and creditors.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Jan. 2025
Tom Pendergast had been convicted of income tax evasion in 1939, and Truman’s reputation was sullied by association.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Sully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sully. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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