If my husband were alive to see the besmirching of Shoney's, it would kill him."

Granted, my flight would be an irretrievable besmirching of my honor.

There are hackers today who fiercely and publicly resist any besmirching of the noble title of hacker.

But if her grievance had been about the besmirching of her reputation, Mr. Clinton wonders, why did she align herself with this right-wing publication?

But when the Russians - or anyone else - propose permanent orbiting mirrors, I will be among the first to object to such besmirching of the celestial tapestry.

Though it was published only in her homeland of Japan, it was immediately banned in Indonesia, and indignant editorials were written about the besmirching of the Sukarno name.

Judge Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, injected some much-needed moisture into the dry proceedings with her wordless performance as the silent, suffering wife driven to tears at the besmirching of her husband's character.

Whereupon the Senate extricated itself from these difficulties by suspending all meetings, leaving unfortunates like bankers, knight merchants, advocates, and tribunes of the Treasury to suffer the besmirching of their persons without senatorial support.

His undermining style came fully to light in the unseemly besmirching of others that culminated in the departure of arch-spinmaster Damian McBride in April 2009 when he was forced to resign after being accused of trying to launch a smear campaign against David Cameron and George Osborne.

But to beat around the bush, to besmirch the heart!

Too many articles besmirch people or are of little interest.

You have besmirched the good names of your father and brother.

Perhaps they even hope to besmirch our name before the queen.

He said the drug dealing sort of besmirched the whole family.

Well, I nearly sued then rather than let anyone besmirch us.

These companies do not want their good names besmirched by bad publicity.

I dare you, she was saying, to besmirch the memory of my little girl.

But on the other hand, a Harvard man was having his reputation besmirched.

"I did not do anything to besmirch the Lithuanian nation," he said.

How could anyone say anything that would besmirch my reputation?"

You will notice, too, that the floor has been much besmirched by the dirty feet of people coming off the street.

Let them be cast into prison and not besmirch your purity.

I don't think they look too kindly on someone besmirching their good name.

Nor is it the first time that Rupert's good name has been besmirched.

To question the president on Iraq is an invitation to have one's patriotism besmirched.

Such a crime would besmirch not only those who performed it, but their children's children for a thousand years.

This is just the latest in long line of such scandals, which besmirch the country's financial institutions as a whole.

"They worry that someone will come along and try to besmirch her reputation.

Certainly some fans of the playwright believe his name has been unfairly besmirched.

And when women are raped, they risk being murdered by their own families for besmirching the family honor.

The last thing in my mind is to besmirch the reputation of Arnold."

It would be a moral, political and military mistake that will besmirch the record of his Presidency.

The alchemists themselves often besmirched the reputation of their calling.

My honor, small though it be, has been besmirched.