slandered

past tense of slander

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slandered In court filings, David Brouillette said that his second ex-wife had slandered him. Julia Ainsley, NBC news, 17 July 2026 Now, the ultimate question of whether Walters slandered Miller will return to the district court. Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Jan. 2026 Jerry Jones slandered my name to Cowboys media and national media for months. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026 Dearborn has often been slandered for simply coexisting peacefully, because the truth is, some people are uncomfortable, and frankly upset about seeing church steeples and mosque domes share the same skyline on roads. Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 24 Sep. 2025 Moreno calls accusations ‘slander’ In a statement provided to The Bee, Moreno denied the accusations and said she was being slandered. Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slandered
Verb
  • Camille can still picture Burke standing over her, fake blood smeared across her dress.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • There’s rarely anything as straightforward as a kick drum, a hi-hat, or even a bassline here; instead, everything is smeared, all origins occulted in a thicket of echoes and reflections.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 4 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In their first national title game, the Wildcats humiliated Oklahoma in the national semifinal by 44, and in their second, demoralized Michigan in the title game by 17.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • After being publicly humiliated by Daemon Targaryen and lured to switch sides (with his dragon) to the Greens by Ormund Hightower, party animal Ulf is still drunk and MIA when the battle starts.
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Eugenie, who is twelfth in line to the British throne, is the second daughter of King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
    Jack Guy, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The pair’s announcement comes shortly after RadarOnline reported that Eugenie’s father, disgraced former Prince Andrew, will not meet Adelaide in person.
    Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 18 Aug. 2026

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“Slandered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slandered. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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