How to Use aspersion in a Sentence

aspersion

noun
  • To have somebody cast aspersions in a way that could take it all away from her is so upsetting.
    — Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2017
  • But in the end, their stories were deeper than the aspersions cast upon them.
    — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
  • This is not to cast aspersions on the good men and women at the top at UNC.
    — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • To cast such trite aspersions is like saying that women can’t have long hair the other side of 40.
    — Longreads, 5 June 2019
  • Not Calvin Klein casting gay aspersions!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
  • And in mid-century America, there were so many aspersions to be cast!
    — David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
  • This whole thing has blown up and become so ugly and cast negative aspersions on the county workforce.
    — Ramona Giwargis, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2017
  • This isn't to cast aspersions at Collison, who retired over the summer.
    — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Amid aspersions and attack ads, the pair nearly came to blows at a community debate.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Soon, he is forced to abandon Sita again after aspersions are cast over her character.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The true intent of the brief, however, is to cast aspersions on the integrity of the Court itself.
    — David French, National Review, 15 Aug. 2019
  • But he was hit with all manner of aspersions about his national devotion, his judgment, even his right to wear his uniform in this setting.
    — Mark Leibovich, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2019
  • The quotations because the term is more one of aspersion than a real pointer to a specific and discrete movement at this point.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2011
  • Political opponents and hired guns sling mud and cast aspersions, sometimes concocting things from whole cloth.
    — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2018
  • In the case of Khadija, relatives of some of the suspects and others have come forward to cast aspersions on her character.
    — Fox News, 30 Aug. 2018
  • Though Smith’s actions cast no aspersion on the sisters, his win for playing their father was stained with apology rather than triumph, and that’s too bad.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Both sides subsequently cast aspersions that the other side is not just morally bankrupt but also factually wrong.
    — Jennifer Carlson, Vox, 23 Mar. 2018
  • But skeptics argue that the practice unfairly casts aspersions on large groups of family members who are likely uninvolved in crime.
    — Tony Plohetski, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2020
  • The Dodgers is not a vague aspersion on the character of Brooklynites, where the team, now in Los Angeles, was formed.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Nov. 2020
  • In addition to honest criticisms, there have also been a raft of wholly dishonest aspersions cast at Musk and the company.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017
  • Liverpool already possess arguably the most deadly frontline in England, which also casts aspersions over any potential deal of that size for them.
    — SI.com, 29 June 2019
  • But casting aspersions on those who allegedly are destroying once-sacred institutions overlooks the role that Trump has also played in doing just that.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Cunningham broadcasts lies and half truths about Scott’s character, casts aspersions, hints at an affair with Maggie Bateman.
    — Kristin Hannah, New York Times, 30 May 2016
  • Not to cast any aspersions at any other demographic, but there’s been a very severe misrepresentation on stages, not just gender-wise, but color-, every-identity-wise.
    — Stephanie Clifford, ELLE, 8 Mar. 2023
  • But the last thing Browns decision makers, or fans, should do is use the failure of a past Browns quarterback to cast aspersions on a potential Browns quarterback.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Lead author Wojciech Górecki is careful to point out his team’s work isn’t meant to cast aspersions at previous working models of the Heisenberg limit.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Their online parlance is punctuated by empty enthusiasms, vicious aspersions, and obvious hypocrisies that rarely matter.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Despite Matt’s attorneys’ legal analysis of the allegations, Matt has insisted that nothing be said that blames or casts aspersions upon his accusers.
    — Andy Cush, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Kananaugh remarks were clearly aimed at the Clinton administration, which did cast aspersions on the Starr investigation as a politicized attack that went beyond the limits of its inquiry.
    — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 12 July 2018
  • That would prove to be nothing but whispers compared to loud aspersions now being cast following Sunday’s 42-17 blowout loss to the Denver Broncos, who shut down the run and forced Prescott to pass.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 22 Sep. 2017

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