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Example sentences for: vilified

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Tripp added that she had been "vilified for taking the path of truth," and complained that "many in the entertainment industry have chosen to ridicule me" (presumably referring in part to a Saturday Night Live sketch in which she was portrayed by obese actor John Goodman).
Why are single people are so vilified?
Kazan should be lauded for ratting on his contemporaries in the McCarthy hearings and has been vilified by "revived leftist fundamentalism."
Would you permit Democrats to be vilified in similar name-calling?
John McCain thinks being vilified in that ad campaign may have helped his White House chances.