Sentence example with the word 'detraction'

detraction

aspersion, backstabbing, calumniation, character assassination, defamation, disparagement, hurt, injustice, libeling, scandal, sycophancy, vilification

Definition n. a petty disparagement

Last update: September 6, 2015


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So the usual machinery of detraction was put in motion.   [Please select]

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There was no irony in Washington's reference to malignant detraction and mean intrigue.   [Please select]

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Though he frequently refers to the envy and detraction which pursued him, Phaedrus seems to have attracted little attention in antiquity.   [Please select]

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His victories, which transport the people with enthusiasm, excite jealousy and detraction among the Roman aristocracy.   [Please select]

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When I look abroad, I foresee on every side, dispute, contradiction, anger, calumny and detraction.   [Please select]

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For ills by battery or detraction, Say, can you bring at once your action.   [Please select]

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Only they twist that very characteristic into an excuse for still further detraction.   [Please select]

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