How to Use aspersion in a Sentence

aspersion

noun

• This is not to cast aspersions on the good men and women at the top at UNC.
  — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• The true intent of the brief, however, is to cast aspersions on the integrity of the Court itself.
  — David French, National Review, 15 Aug. 2019
• To cast such trite aspersions is like saying that women can’t have long hair the other side of 40.
  — Longreads, 5 June 2019
• The Dodgers is not a vague aspersion on the character of Brooklynites, where the team, now in Los Angeles, was formed.
  — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Nov. 2020
• To have somebody cast aspersions in a way that could take it all away from her is so upsetting.
  — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2017
• This isn't to cast aspersions at Collison, who retired over the summer.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2019
• In the case of Khadija, relatives of some of the suspects and others have come forward to cast aspersions on her character.
  — Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
• This whole thing has blown up and become so ugly and cast negative aspersions on the county workforce.
  — Ramona Giwargis, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2017
• Though Smith’s actions cast no aspersion on the sisters, his win for playing their father was stained with apology rather than triumph, and that’s too bad.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
• Soon, he is forced to abandon Sita again after aspersions are cast over her character.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
• That would prove to be nothing but whispers compared to loud aspersions now being cast following Sunday’s 42-17 blowout loss to the Denver Broncos, who shut down the run and forced Prescott to pass.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 22 Sep. 2017
• But he was hit with all manner of aspersions about his national devotion, his judgment, even his right to wear his uniform in this setting.
  — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019
• But the last thing Browns decision makers, or fans, should do is use the failure of a past Browns quarterback to cast aspersions on a potential Browns quarterback.
  — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• That high-profile collapse capped off a singularly unproductive first six months for a president, and led Trump, not for the first time, to cast aspersions on his own party.
  — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Aug. 2017
• Yvonne is distraught, casting ugly aspersions on Madeleine.
  — Robert Abele, latimes.com, 12 July 2018
• Rubio called on Trump and the administration to let the investigation go forward and not cast aspersions.
  — Eli Watkins, CNN, 18 June 2017
• In addition to honest criticisms, there have also been a raft of wholly dishonest aspersions cast at Musk and the company.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017
• Lead author Wojciech Górecki is careful to point out his team’s work isn’t meant to cast aspersions at previous working models of the Heisenberg limit.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2020
• The strategy was clear: cast aspersions on the journalist's old reporting to make his new reporting appear suspect.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 17 July 2017
• Cunningham broadcasts lies and half truths about Scott’s character, casts aspersions, hints at an affair with Maggie Bateman.
  — Kristin Hannah, New York Times, 30 May 2016
• Liverpool already possess arguably the most deadly frontline in England, which also casts aspersions over any potential deal of that size for them.
  — SI.com, 29 June 2019
• Political opponents and hired guns sling mud and cast aspersions, sometimes concocting things from whole cloth.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2018
• But skeptics argue that the practice unfairly casts aspersions on large groups of family members who are likely uninvolved in crime.
  — Tony Plohetski, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2020
• But casting aspersions on those who allegedly are destroying once-sacred institutions overlooks the role that Trump has also played in doing just that.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017
• Both sides subsequently cast aspersions that the other side is not just morally bankrupt but also factually wrong.
  — Jennifer Carlson, Vox, 23 Mar. 2018
• In the wake of the shooting, local police presented narratives intended to cast aspersions on Mr. Brown’s character and lay out a coherent rationale for his death.
  — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 11 May 2018
• Kananaugh remarks were clearly aimed at the Clinton administration, which did cast aspersions on the Starr investigation as a politicized attack that went beyond the limits of its inquiry.
  — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 12 July 2018
• President Trump’s legal team used the Senate impeachment trial as a platform to chide Democrats for casting aspersions on allegations of surveillance abuse against the 2016 Trump campaign.
  — Daniel Chaitin, Washington Examiner, 28 Jan. 2020
• Despite Matt’s attorneys’ legal analysis of the allegations, Matt has insisted that nothing be said that blames or casts aspersions upon his accusers.
  — Andy Cush, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2017
• Barr's critics say his efforts to investigate the investigators are meant to placate Trump - even if that means casting aspersions on U.S. law enforcement and intelligence.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 6 Oct. 2019

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