verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And I must take care not to sully it, is that it?
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And when his human dignity was gone, his innocence sullied, he felt something sharp plunge into his chest.
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Instead, the general manager has sullied the whole outfit.
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Is it too pure to be sullied by the messiness of domestic life?
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Oil spills have sullied thousands of acres.
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They stood for progress, a notion already being sullied by contempt for the military-industrial complex.