How to Use defamation in a Sentence

defamation

noun

• The article was full of lies and defamations.
• No such scenario ever took place, and McDougal sued for defamation.
  — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2023
• Jim sued Shannon and co-star Tamra Judge for defamation in 2018.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
• Saviano’s defamation trial against Salvini was adjourned to June 1, when the League leader will be heard.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Feb. 2023
• The substitution of the United States for Trump would end the case since the federal government cannot be sued for defamation.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Meigs allowed a claim of defamation by Moore against the four remaining defendants – including Hagedorn – to proceed.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 30 Jan. 2023
• Westworld star Evan Rachel Wood was the first to come forward with abuse allegations against Manson, who subsequently sued her for defamation.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 25 Jan. 2023
• That could open the door to defamation claims, lawyers aid.
  — Meredith Mandell, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2017
• Unsworth sued Musk for defamation but lost the case in 2019.
  — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2023
• The firm has filed a defamation suit against the researcher in Hong Kong.
  — Bloomberg.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Unsworth sued him for defamation, but Musk won the case.
  — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2022
• Bauer had sued Hill for defamation and in the process obtained the video.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• In the end, both Depp and Heard were found liable for defamation.
  — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 7 June 2022
• In this movie, Mike and Marcus are smacked in the face with a defamation case.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
• Keisel and his wife filed suit against Westbrook and the Jazz for defamation.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 18 June 2021
• His claims are why Carroll brought the defamation case.
  — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2023
• The suit accuses the Met and Gelb of defamation and breach of contract.
  — Jennifer Peltz, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• Trump appears to be struggling to line up a bond in the defamation case as well.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• None of the three law firms that have worked for Tesla on the defamation case would comment.
  — Russ Mitchell Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
• Fox News had attempted to get the defamation case thrown out of court.
  — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
• But that's not defamation -- that's a guilty conscience.
  — Hannah Karp, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
• The company has filed defamation lawsuits over some of the claims that have been made.
  — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2021
• So who is Randeep Hothi, anyway, and what was the defamation suit about?
  — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• Sobol has lost track of how many times Prigozhin has sued her and her colleagues for defamation.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
• Unsworth sued for defamation and lost) and politicians.
  — Richard J. Chang, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• For several months, the defamation suit wound its way through a state court in New York.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021
• David Bernstein, the bartender, then filed a defamation suit against Lebeouf.
  — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 6 Oct. 2017
• Proving a defamation case in the United States is a tall order.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2019
• As a result of those comments, King sued Calvert for defamation.
  — al, 20 Dec. 2022
• That — along with similar comments Morrison made in a YouTube video and newspaper interview — prompted Swann to sue the musician for defamation.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Sep 2024