Examples of use of BESMIRCHING
1. We respect press freedom, but ridiculing and besmirching our religious symbols is not press freedom.
2. He accused Downing Street of besmirching the party‘s name by taking loans in return for peerages.
3. And he criticised the Bush administration for "besmirching" Western values through the abuse of prisoners.
4. I think the prime minister needs to apologize to the state comptroller [Micha Lindenstrauss] for besmirching him.
5. In any war, a way of bolstering solidarity amongst your cadres is besmirching your rivalry as evil.