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besmirched

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verb

past tense of besmirch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of besmirched
Verb
Trump has focused on tourist-friendly areas being besmirched by crime. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for besmirched
Adjective
  • The stained glass traces a hierarchy from the current dean to the Crown and then to God.
    Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Wood stained baseboards may need a gentler cleaning approach, such as Murphy’s Oil Soap, to protect the finish.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Skip any skins that look moldy, blackened, or spoiled.
    Cathy Cassata, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Day turned to night as thick, acrid clouds blackened the sky.
    Robert Wyss, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jackson Lamb has long, greasy hair and a pot belly over which hangs a filthy old trench coat.
    Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • On the other end, Ja’Marr Chase is coming off an absolutely filthy touchdown grab last Sunday.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The ashes from the crematorium chimney covered the streets, sooted the rain, dirtied the snow, damaged the crops, infected every body.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At Dilara Findikoglu, models looked like ladies in waiting that had risen from the dead; wearing antiquated corsetry that was dirtied and torn.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In tandem came the flagging energy, muddy cognition, clogged chi.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Behind us the muddy brown waters of the Tchoutacabouffa River roll towards what until recently was commonly understood to be the Gulf of Mexico.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Manzur encourages that the water be sullied as part of their exhibition to the public.
    Mario Rodriguez, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But that historical moment was sullied when journalist Sarah Hagi posted screenshots of old X posts from Gascón, which contained racist and Islamophobic sentiments.
    James Factora, Them., 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The old shelves with their dusty cans were gone, replaced by three wooden pillars, each with a small platform at chest height.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Two days later and nearly 400 miles to the west, good Samaritans found two baby girls crying on the dirty floor of a park restroom in the working-class coastal California city of Oxnard.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Yellow or orange flames might indicate a problem with combustion or dirty burners.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Besmirched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/besmirched. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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