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 Meanings and Examples of SULLY
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sully
 v.  place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; make dirty, as by exposure to air
Classic Sentence:
1  But Magua is pledged not to sully the lilies of France.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17
2  Take these, and draw from the quiver an avenging shaft; by it shall he pay me forfeit of his blood, whoso, Trojan or Italian alike, shall sully her sacred body with a wound.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
3  He was dressed now: he still looked pale, but he was no longer gory and sullied.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
4  That woman, who has so abused your long-suffering, so sullied your name, so outraged your honour, so blighted your youth, is not your wife, nor are you her husband.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
5  He drew over the picture the sheet of thin paper on which I was accustomed to rest my hand in painting, to prevent the cardboard from being sullied.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
6  So they inwardly resolved that so long as they remained in the business, their piracies should not again be sullied with the crime of stealing.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
7  Locusta and Agrippina, living at the same time, were an exception, and proved the determination of providence to effect the entire ruin of the Roman empire, sullied by so many crimes.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 80. The Accusation.
8  His nether garment was a yellow nankeen, closely fitted to the shape, and tied at his bunches of knees by large knots of white ribbon, a good deal sullied by use.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
9  This it was I had to look for even from the time when I madly assailed celestial limbs with steel, and sullied the hand of Venus with a wound.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK ELEVENTH
10  He was afraid of sullying what his soul was brimful of.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 10
Example Sentence:
1  So I demand Mr. Zaal, to never again sully the name of great African American leaders.