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Get to know Besmirched better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like damaged or spotted.

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Besmirched | Besmirch | Besmirching

Besmirched meaning

simple past and past participle of besmirch

Synonyms of Besmirched

damaged flyblown spotted stained sullied tainted tarnished blemished

Related words

Other words often associated with Besmirched or its synonyms:

battered tatterdemalion dirty discolored broken derelict stale spotty painted pimply bent unclean

Using Besmirched

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of besmirch
  • Useful related words include: damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained.
  • In the example corpus, besmirched often appears in combinations such as: memoir besmirched, besmirched her.

Context around Besmirched

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

memoir 2× rwanda 1× race 1× mccarthy 1×

Often after:

toll 1× bill 1×

Sentence patterns with Besmirched

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a memoir besmirched her character 2× all mccarthy besmirched the honorable 1× of its besmirched toll road 1× single race besmirched but you 1× vilified so besmirched and so 1× way rwanda besmirched bill clinton 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

atlantia the parent 1× carroll alleges that 1× comments on jews 1× for obama syria 1× she says the 1× worst of all 1×

Common sentence endings:

allegations in 2019 1× and rightly so 1× clinton s legacy 1× half a century 1× harmed her career 1× of anti communism 1×

Words around Besmirched

Just before it in the word index:

besmirch 17 besman 3 besluit 2 besley 2 besler 5 beslan 4

Just after it in the word index:

besmirching 3 besnier 3 besnik 2 beso 3 besotted 25 besought 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Besmirched

  • In this selection, "besmirched" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, memoir, rwanda, race, toll and bill stand out and add context to how "besmirched" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a memoir besmirched her character and all mccarthy besmirched the honorable. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "besmirched" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with besmirched

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Worst of all, McCarthy besmirched the honorable cause of anti-communism. (11 words)

For Obama, Syria was a blot on his record, in the same way Rwanda besmirched Bill Clinton’s legacy. (19 words)

Carroll alleges that Trump’s comments — including that she was “totally lying” to sell a memoir — besmirched her character and harmed her career. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Comments on Jews, Hollywood and Israel In an interview in Playboy magazine in January 1979, Brando said: "You've seen every single race besmirched, but you never saw an image of the kike because the Jews were ever so watchful for that—and rightly so. (45 words)

Atlantia, the parent group of Autostrade, is controlled by the wealthy Benetton family, which finally bowed to pressure last month to relinquish control of its besmirched toll-road operator, which will be nationalized. (33 words)

She says the president’s comments, including that she was “totally lying” to sell a memoir, besmirched her character and harmed her career when he denied the rape allegations in 2019. (31 words)

Example sentences (7)

Atlantia, the parent group of Autostrade, is controlled by the wealthy Benetton family, which finally bowed to pressure last month to relinquish control of its besmirched toll-road operator, which will be nationalized.

Carroll alleges that Trump’s comments — including that she was “totally lying” to sell a memoir — besmirched her character and harmed her career.

In no other country has an ethnic group been so vilified, so besmirched, and so slighted as the Amharas in Ethiopia over the last half a century.

She says the president’s comments, including that she was “totally lying” to sell a memoir, besmirched her character and harmed her career when he denied the rape allegations in 2019.

For Obama, Syria was a blot on his record, in the same way Rwanda besmirched Bill Clinton’s legacy.

Comments on Jews, Hollywood and Israel In an interview in Playboy magazine in January 1979, Brando said: "You've seen every single race besmirched, but you never saw an image of the kike because the Jews were ever so watchful for that—and rightly so.

Worst of all, McCarthy besmirched the honorable cause of anti-communism.

Common combinations with besmirched

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "besmirched" in a sentence?
An example: "Atlantia, the parent group of Autostrade, is controlled by the wealthy Benetton family, which finally bowed to pressure last month to relinquish control of its besmirched toll-road operator, which will be nationalized." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "besmirched" from authentic English texts.
What does "besmirched" mean?
Besmirched means: simple past and past participle of besmirch
What are synonyms of "besmirched"?
Common synonyms of "besmirched" include: damaged, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied, tainted, tarnished, blemished.
How many example sentences with "besmirched" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "besmirched", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.