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Example sentences for: tarnish

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It must be dignified: It cannot tarnish the presidency, and it must be acceptable to Clinton.
Have a nice day (a sincere wish, expressing my hope that the reproving tone of my missive will not tarnish your humor).
Skeptics worried that poor products or service from unknown merchants could tarnish Amazon's reputation ( Seattle Post-Intelligencer ).
Australian governments and institutions in the eyes of the world for their mistreatment and neglect of Aborigines" because "[t]hey will see it as calculated to tarnish the national image at a time when all other efforts are directed towards polishing it and showing Australia at its best."
Impeachment won't tarnish Republican chances in 2000: If voters don't care about the scandal now, the argument goes, they certainly won't care in two years time.