How do you use Libelous in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like defamatory or denigrating, plus the exact meaning.
Libelous in a sentence
Libelous meaning
- Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard.
- Meeting the legal standards for libel.
Synonyms of Libelous
Using Libelous
- The main meaning on this page is: Defamatory, libeling, referring to something that causes harm to someone's reputation especially with malice or disregard. | Meeting the legal standards for libel.
- Useful related words include: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative.
- In the example corpus, libelous often appears in combinations such as: libelous and, and libelous, not libelous.
Context around Libelous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Libelous
- In this selection, "libelous" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, include, possibly, publish, fabricated, invective and statements stand out and add context to how "libelous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and possibly libelous to clark and appalling and libelous account alleging. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "libelous" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with libelous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Comments that include libelous statements are subject to review from editors. (11 words)
The article’s choice of words could be construed as inflammatory and libelous. (13 words)
It was an appalling and libelous account alleging amorous ties between Grigori Rasputin and the Empress. (16 words)
The court papers further read that the Kogi State Governor’s Chief of Staff also wants the court to compel the three defendants to publish in at least three national dailies a public apology retracting the malicious and libelous publication against him. (42 words)
In addition to the above, the defendant may claim that the allegedly defamatory statement is not actually capable of being defamatory—an insulting statement that does not actually harm someone's reputation is prima facie not libelous. (37 words)
Franchini, represented by attorney David Van Dyke of Lewiston, claims reports published about him last October were libelous and damaging, resulting in a loss of employment and future earnings estimated to exceed $3.4 million. (35 words)
Example sentences (14)
No suggestion has been made that Amelia Ferrell Knisely, formerly with West Virginia Public Broadcasting, published anything false or libelous.
The Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel has quietly removed a libelous fabricated story accusing Israeli soldiers of raping Arab women in Gaza, a day after it went viral on social media.
In 2016, Toufanian hired a lawyer to send a letter to Gawker Media demanding that it take down two negative articles about him, calling them libelous.
In libelous invective, the accused Ji, the defector-turned-politician, of being a “rapscallion and a criminal” and a “pervert”– common criticisms issued by North Korea against high-profile escapees.
Comments that include libelous statements are subject to review from editors.
I’m also familiar with the proposal and I think Brinkley’s accusations made last week are inaccurate, dishonest, and possibly libelous to Clark.
The article’s choice of words could be construed as inflammatory and libelous.
According to Boston, the Falcon’s editor-in-chief, for material to be libelous, it must be false.
Franchini, represented by attorney David Van Dyke of Lewiston, claims reports published about him last October were libelous and damaging, resulting in a loss of employment and future earnings estimated to exceed $3.4 million.
The court papers further read that the Kogi State Governor’s Chief of Staff also wants the court to compel the three defendants to publish in at least three national dailies a public apology retracting the malicious and libelous publication against him.
A union newsletter had published a "list of scabs," which was granted to be factual and therefore not libelous, but then went on to quote the passage as the "definition of a scab".
In addition to the above, the defendant may claim that the allegedly defamatory statement is not actually capable of being defamatory—an insulting statement that does not actually harm someone's reputation is prima facie not libelous.
It was an appalling and libelous account alleging amorous ties between Grigori Rasputin and the Empress.
Torvald returns from the bank, and Nora pleads with him to reinstate Krogstad, claiming she is worried Krogstad will publish libelous articles about Torvald and ruin his career.
Common combinations with libelous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: