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How to use the word impugning in a Sentence?

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Congressman Deutch mischaracterized data on allegations of sexual abuse, sexual harassment, or inappropriate sexual behavior made by minors at care facilities operated by HHS grantees. Congressman Deutch even went so far as to level the unfounded assertion that members of the HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement( ORR) federal staff were the subjects of sexual abuse allegations. This was totally false, congressman Deutch knowing mischaracterization of the data -- and Congressman Deutch impugning of the ORR federal staff -- was an immoral and indecent insult to all of the career civil servants who are dedicated to ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of the children in the unaccompanied alien children( UAC) program.

Jonathan Hayes

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Bernie Sanders had to resort to innuendo and impugning my character.

Hillary Clinton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Since this fringe movement can not attract the support of decent Americans, it resorts to impugning the character of a good man and outstanding soldier who has served honorably in uniform and sacrificed more for our country than any of his detractors ever have.

John McCain

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

But if that person would have been at my event, I would have called him out on it, and I would have said from the very beginning that has no place in a political discussion like the one we are trying to have here. And not only it is out of place and wrong, it is totally factually untrue. And to quite impugning the integrity of the President.

Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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