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Sentence Examples Newness and nowness lends successful Pop a temporary sheen that is quickly tarnished. The tarnished plant bug is among the most damaging of the true bugs and is known to transmit plant diseases. Suddenly, another tarnished piece of silver came into view, identical to the other one. It was more tarnished metal than glass, and was covered in a sheen of dried soap. The still waters have lost their clarity, tarnished by the ominous clouds that overhang the harbour. The platinum jewellery has a lustre which is unique and does not fade or get tarnished. He knew it couldn't actually be silver, it would have tarnished, but he didn't think it was steel or aluminum either. The metal is tarnished, so I get the toothpaste from the bathroom and put some on my finger. The chain was silver and tarnished in some places, from it hung a small stone. The young tarnished plant bugs, called nymphs are similar to the adults except they have wing pads. The leather was dull and dusty, and the metal of the bits and stirrups of the English saddle seemed to be tarnished. Before the stallholders could even open the boot, scavengers were on the back seat searching for tarnished gold. She will clip her long, unruly hair with a tarnished barrette and see her off to school. There was a bed with tarnished metal bedposts, a bureau holding his personal toiletries and a trunk that sat at the foot of the bed. He thinks the rat kangaroo moniker has somewhat tarnished bettongs ' image. But it seems that almost everyone who wants to polish up their tarnished images wants to be associated with the cause. Earlier in the week, we had watched another character have his reputation tarnished by association with political blackguards. Mixed colors of purple and blue tarnished the silken kimono that seemed exquisite and luxurious beyond comprehension. Your academic career is blighted, your good name is tarnished, you may find it hard to secure a place at any decent establishment elsewhere. Reaching out blindly to where she should've been, Dante whispered her tarnished name. Show More Sentences By sinning against God the human race was tarnished and a barrier put between us and God. Flemming has in a way tarnished the image of mythicism by promoting bad arguments, and ironically will drive people away from mythicism. Younger editors, however, were also more likely to support boosterism, a practice that has tarnished the image of sports departments. Many smoked pipes or large, oily cigars and all took deep slurps from tarnished tankards that barmaids bustled around to refill. With the Christmas tinsel tarnished, the New Year's Eve hangover just a memory, thoughts are turning to summer. His armor, once immaculately burnished gold, was now tarnished and dented in a dozen locations. In a surprise move Aberdeen will keep the tarnished Edinburgh brand alive in a bid to retain its investment trust business. Once one's credibility has been tarnished, it is difficult to remove the stain. They should not be clouded by steam, frost, water droplets or tarnished by cracks or scratches. It's a contest where players' reputations will either be enhanced or tarnished as two strong teams chase glory. She fumbled out a clump of crumpled paper money and one tarnished coin, and handed them to the clerk at the desk. A British icon, a symbol of all that is decent and proper in this country, has been tarnished by wild allegations and screaming headlines. One of the treasures it contained was a quite beautiful silver filigree locket that looked old and tarnished. By his lying, stupidity and intemperance Lee has tarnished the club's image and caused embarrassment to supporters. Though he might be tarnished slightly in his home state, this is far from irredeemable, and he is well liked and respected nationally. The microscooter, one of this Christmas's most-wanted pre-teen toys, is about to have its shiny aluminium image tarnished once again. It was during these uncertain times that he forever tarnished his reputation by supposedly resorting to germ warfare. He also placed Emilie on a pedestal, torn by his own dualistic view of women as either pure or tarnished. The affair has already tarnished this government and even if an investigation exonerates him the damage has already been done. Don't let the fact that its reputation was tarnished by several lackluster sequels blind you to the original's charms. Show More Sentences It was an error which tarnished the biggest week of the youngster's career to date. People can get hurt, friends can become enemies and reps can be tarnished by bogus gossip. This is about more than giving the Tories' tarnished image a quick lick of varnish. Thus, tarnished beauty tends to be more effective than outright perfection. All of the crockery was chipped, and what little silver they possessed was tarnished to a dull black. She slit the side of the thick envelope with the tarnished letter opener. The old image of Dickens, fostered by his surviving family, as a benign paterfamilias and as a man piously wedded to Victorian domestic virtues was thus tarnished. By fumbling that final big decision, Ferguson may have tarnished his legacy forever. It had not spent years polishing the party's image, making it attractive to the electorate, only to have it tarnished by a bunch of low-life crooks. Each has been corrupted by its occupation and seen its reputation irredeemably tarnished by the harsh, repressive and trigger-happy behaviour of its soldiers. I would be the first to agree that these liberals have a right to try and retrieve their relatively accurate, highly tarnished satanic and subhuman image. Finally, the President's sterling reputation became tarnished. Her time away had sharpened her eyes so that she could no longer overlook the tarnished brass door knocker or the window shutter hanging by one rusted hinge. By the time the Club's membership had voted the measure down, a lot of participants were embittered and the environmental movement was tarnished in the eyes of many onlookers. He would be 35 at the end of it and, even if anybody wanted to employ a man with such a tarnished reputation, he would be too old to start afresh. This is a good opportunity to spring-clean rugby's tarnished image. She toyed with an oversized hoop of tarnished silver around her wrist. What was not clear last night was whether it would leave him a tarnished man, or enable him to shake off his image of being a dull, boring figure of fun. Although the final disposition of findings is still pending, opposition leaders are demanding an expeditious end to the already tarnished inquest. Galt climbed into the old claw-footed bathtub, which was scuzzy and stained, its tarnished drain a tangle of hairs. Show More Sentences Gideon peered carefully at a tarnished bit of gilt on the right. His multiple licensing deals and a lower-priced collection for JC Penney tarnished his brand. Immense amounts of money were squandered, reputations were tarnished, and the consumer was left, as is so often the case, chagrined, puzzled, shortchanged, miffed. Liverpool have a fine and deserved name in football which is in danger of being tarnished by a man who needs a spitoon rather than a football. Though this was intended to further the game's image, which had been tarnished by players' reputation for consuming large quantities of alcohol. Ireland has had only one Olympic medalist in swimming, Michelle Smith, and her medals have since been tarnished by drug allegations. However, several scandals have arisen in recent years which have tarnished Ireland's international participation. Silver is very important in electronics for conductors and electrodes on account of its high electrical conductivity even when tarnished. The episode tarnished Ruskin's reputation, however, and may have accelerated his mental decline. This loss of trust probably extends to welfare agencies tarnished by paternalism, patriarchalism and association with the Stolen Generation. What in the world am I going to do with tarnished silver ware? The deeper I dig, I pull out more silver with carved handles. Coventry, city of cars and engineering, wants to regild its tarnished historical image. Charlet exonerated the fungus and are now pointing at the lygus bug, also known as the tarnished plant bug. The tarnished plant bug doesn't have anything else to blame for its notorious reputation. Otherwise, these latest additions to Dubai's economy will be unfashionably tarnished before they are even fully established. While his reputation has been tarnished, Shadman is pushing back. The bad news is that cotton still faces a serious threat from the western tarnished plant bug, Lygus hesperus. The overall image of modern-day admen has been somewhat tarnished in the public eye in recent years, by the industry's flagging creativity and charm. The implication of the King in such a scandal provoked much public and literary conjecture and irreparably tarnished James's court with an image of corruption and depravity. There was the huge Italian cassone, with its fantastically painted panels and its tarnished gilt mouldings, in which he had so often hidden himself as a boy. Show More Sentences Lynch badly disserves himself and the many honorable officers he is sworn to represent-all of whom have themselves been tarnished by that conduct. There is clearly a spark between the two, but conventions of the time, plus her fears of a tarnished reputation, mean that their coming together is a torturously long process. Examples from Classical Literature The chariots, some of them still hooded in canvas, were very small and tarnished. Knows of a plantation not mulched at all, that suffered more than any other this year from the tarnished plant bug. A pretentious mirror in a tarnished gilt frame was the piece de resistance. Too much occupied with the obstetrics of art, his superfluity of naughtiness has tarnished his niche in the temple of fame. Then I cast a hurried glance at myself in a tarnished mirror nailed against the matchboarding, and staggered back in dismay. Last season Chelsea's reputation was tarnished by a series of sordid revelations, with the private lives of John Terry and Ashley Cole laid bare. There was Sir Henry Ashton, who had to leave England with a tarnished name. Between two of the bookcases hung a looking-glass, presenting its high and dusty plate within a tarnished gilt frame. A virtuous woman, too, is like a mirror, of clear shining crystal, liable to be tarnished and dimmed by every breath that touches it. State House workers looking for water leaks found the tarnished brass box, about the size of a cigar box, encased in the building's cornerstone. Clips and empty cartridges, tarnished with verdigris, lay on the ground, which, while wet, had been torn up by the hoofs of horses. It was a cameo of City's campaign, their coruscating skills tarnished by squandered opportunities and defensive fragility. Already had his fair fame been tarnished by one horrid scene, and in circumstances fearfully resembling those under which he how found himself. There were a great many of them, and, decorated for the occasion and filled with a stately crowd, their somewhat tarnished nobleness recovered its lustre. Here, before his own wife has greeted him, you may greet the sea-flushed shipmaster, just in port, with his vessel's papers under his arm in a tarnished tin box. The tapestry hung down from the walls in many places, and in others was tarnished and faded under the effects of the sun, or tattered and decayed by age. At the end of a passage leading from the quarter-deck there was a long saloon, its sumptuosity slightly tarnished perhaps, but having a grand air of roominess and comfort. The mellowness of its old-fashioned, tarnished decoration was gone. He no longer footed it in the great world in rust black and tarnished gold, but in blue silk breeches, and coat with silken linings and golden buttons. He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and, undoing the tape, he handed me a short note scrawled upon a half-sheet of slate gray-paper. Find more words! 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