Examples of sully in a Sentence
Verb
people that sully our state parks with their trash
a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Cycling, too, has made changes to cleanse a reputation sullied by the likes of Lance Armstrong.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The standards increase every year and the school’s reputation will not be sullied by the Ono decision.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Tracing the Mississippi River, this 85-mile region is home to numerous petrochemical plants, which have sullied the air.
—Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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The Redflex name had been sullied after allegations that employees of the red-light camera vendor were partaking in bribery schemes allegedly taking place in 2012 across 13 states, including Illinois.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2025
Cycling, too, has made changes to cleanse a reputation sullied by the likes of Lance Armstrong.
—Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The standards increase every year and the school’s reputation will not be sullied by the Ono decision.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2025
Tracing the Mississippi River, this 85-mile region is home to numerous petrochemical plants, which have sullied the air.
—Henna Hundal, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Sully.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sully. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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