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How to use the word tarnish in a Sentence?

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Historically, India has never spoken about these issues, if the US has briefed India on the Chinese spying program, Indian Ocean will very careful about what they reveal, so as to not tarnish that relationship.

Manoj Kewalramani

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Party wants to make sure nothing untoward, such as a major outbreak, could potentially threaten social stability, shadow the leadership transition process -- and not to mention tarnish Xi's personal leadership credibility.

Yanzhong Huang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For the past five years, those with an agenda have sought to expose Mr. Danchenko's identity and tarnish Igor Danchenko reputation while undermining U.S. National Security.

Mark Schamel

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Every time the left inappropriately uses the word, they are cheapening and lessening the real significance of the actual definition. One thing is abundantly clear; everything America represents is racist and evil to Democrats, they will continue to tarnish this nation until they successfully change it. My goal is to make them unsuccessful.

Byron Donalds

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The penalties will impede on a person's access to safe services and also tarnish the dignity of those women.

Nisarat Jongwisan

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I decided to resign for the betterment of the school, i've been there 21 years. I didn't want all this terrible media kerfuffle to tarnish the school. I decided it would be better if I just resigned.

Rick Saccone

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We are outraged by this former employee's actions and condemn the behavior she chose to engage in. These type of incidents are disgusting and will never be tolerated or pushed aside at Oakland County, behavior such as this brings tarnish to the badge and is not representative( of) all those in law enforcement who protect and serve.

Oakland County Undersheriff Michael McCabe

Found on CNN
3 years ago

This decision will tarnish the image of Brazilian ethanol in the world.

Carlos Minc

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

And no matter where we are on the political spectrum, the one thing that each of us feels deeply is we want to leave that institution in as good a shape as we found it, we do not want to do anything to tarnish the court's reputation.

Martin Ginsburg

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The Ecuadorian government notices that these falsehoods are also an attempt to tarnish the dignity of the country, when they issue falsehoods, the asylee and his associates express once more their ingratitude and disrespect towards Ecuador, instead of showing gratitude towards the country that has welcomed him for nearly seven years, incurred significant expenditures to pay for his stay at the embassy, has borne their rudeness and to whom he, paradoxically, has filed a lawsuit against for adopting a cohabitation protocol in order to prevent his bad behavior from taking place again.

Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The fabric is made out of obi, which is the sash that Japanese women use on their kimonos. They’re usually folded over and over and over, this is one piece of fabric, i would think it would tarnish, it’s been hanging in my closet.

Rita Moreno

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I was resting in my room, playing with the Play( station) and I was told about this story, i have no idea where this comes from and how this can be in the press. It's a way to tarnish someone's reputation. The first thing I did was to speak to my family so they wouldn't worry.

De Gea

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We sincerely apologize if we offended anyone or if any images were use inappropriately, this was inspired from an image that was obtained from a meme circulating around social media. This was by no means part of an advertising campaign intended to tarnish the Sesame Street brand, but we recognize the issue and all versions of this image have been removed from all Mately websites and social media pages.

Brandon Greenberg

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

There are so many things on that list that you don't even think ... you can't take Benadryl in competition, it scares the crap out of me because the last thing I want is a bad test to tarnish my chances, ruin my reputation. So for me it is never worth the risk.

Kayla Harrison

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

And when she (Beyonce) comes to Dallas, she needs to know that the anti-police message is not welcomed. We respect anyone's First Amendment rights, but we also respect our officers and any law-abiding citizens (and) we will not respect those who tarnish our profession. it is not needed until she explains her video and whether there is an anti- police address/message she is trying to bring to the public.

Joe Gamaldi

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We don't see weaker Asian currencies as a positive for stock markets, but it's a little bit unfair to tarnish the whole of Asia as higher risk.

Andrew Gillan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When you hit rock bottom, you’ll be left with two things: the integrity of your word and your relationships, never tarnish your word and always invest in your network.

Jayson Gaignard

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

You think about the run that coach Belichick and Tom Brady have had together, it's as good as any that's been in the league. I don't think it would tarnish anything.

Dan Marino

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There is an attempt to tarnish Turkey by using press freedom when it is in fact measures taken against terrorism, i dispute this. Nowhere in Europe or in other countries is there a media that is as free as the press in Turkey.

President Erdogan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a difficult zone to navigate, do I leave my reputation tarnished or do I say something that might even tarnish my reputation further ?

Eugene Volokh

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

This is a baseless and unfounded allegation fabricated to tarnish the Iranian government image, particularly aimed at hampering current nuclear talks.

Hamid Babaei

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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