Besmirches

This teabagger victory besmirches the venerable Boston Tea Party. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such hatred grants victory to al Qaeda and besmirches the memory of those who died. ❋ Rabbi Daniel Greyber (2011)

Each day as I am awakened by a symphony of choral birds, and often as not, a motley crew of titi or whiteface monkeys carousing outside my window, I forget that humanity sometimes besmirches the natural order of things. ❋ Suzan Crane (2010)

Honestly when this originally came out I opted not to bring it to RS because it besmirches this state so bad. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As I write this, I find it hard to even call Franklin a pastor or use his last name which besmirches his father and sister's work. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I just think SNL is becoming a popularity show and becoming so incredibly bad it besmirches the legends who have graced the stage. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It besmirches the President, the Office and all of Congress. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That's when the fix is in for some hard to know reason, but this besmirches the court's reputation among the attorneys, so it is seldom done. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

This has had the cumulative effect of alienating almost all of the Islamic nations with almost 1.2 billion inhabitants, and further besmirches the USA entrepreneurially in South America and in Africa. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Distorted application or misappropriation of his legacy for self serving political purposes by any candidate besmirches this legacy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I don't hold any animosity towards those who are against torture because it besmirches this nations honor...at least in their eyes. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

This notion that one is a world citizen is a farce and besmirches the intrinsic value of his American citizenship. ❋ Ann Althouse (2008)

And I think it's -- it really besmirches Senator McCain and the -- and the service he's provided for the country to think and say otherwise. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Describing Keith's over-produced truck commercial schmaltz as "country music" besmirches the dignified tradition established by Bill Monroe, Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton, while insulting the innovative artists propelling the genre into the future, from Neko Case to Son Volt to my good friend Dave Bryan (hear his music here). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The charge of anti-semitism besmirches your integrity and goes against you in an unexplainable way, puts the ❋ Unknown (2008)

This has the cumulative effect of alienating all of the Islamic nations with their 1.2 billion inhabitants, and further besmirches the USA entrepreneurially in South America and in Africa. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And to make matters worse, he besmirches the great musical legacy of Led Zeppelin. ❋ Unknown (2008)

a [reputation] that was besmirched by [slander] ❋ Khadija (2006)

Dude I totally besmirched [Paul]. He was [drinking] a [soda] when I did it so it was even better. ❋ Username_Taken (2010)

as a [very good] [friend of mine] once said; "don't besmirch the adams' [merch], Spitto!". ❋ Mzo (2008)