Words similar to slur

Example sentences for: slur

How can you use “slur” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The anecdote of the Polish lady who resented the slur on her country [review of the Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang , XVII , 3:17] reminded me of an incident related to me by a friend who taught third grade in a church-affiliated school.
Take this piece of oratory--from a McLaughlin voice-over--delivered in his trademark stentorian slur: "When Jan. 1 rolls around, revelers will find that their lives, their loves, are no different--after all this expense--than they were the day before.
The word has no etymological connection to the racial slur, but new Mayor Anthony Williams yielded to the mere appearance of bias instead of defending his staffer.
Suddenly it's no longer a slur, is it?
I am not as sanguine as Safire, and believe that using the word will always carry some slight risk: It may be wielded as a slur and received as a compliment, or vice versa.