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Example sentences for: tarnish

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Skeptics worried that poor products or service from unknown merchants could tarnish Amazon's reputation ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer ).
Saga , Boutros-Ghali asserts that the wily secretary of state sought to unseat him "with determination, letting pass no opportunity to demolish my authority and tarnish my image all the while showing a serene face, wearing a friendly smile and repeating expressions of friendships and admiration through the poutiest ruby lips I have ever beheld.
Have a nice day (a sincere wish, expressing my hope that the reproving tone of my missive will not tarnish your humor).
Surely he's willing to tarnish the legacy he cares so much about in order to save his presidency.
It must be dignified: It cannot tarnish the presidency, and it must be acceptable to Clinton.