How to Use defame in a Sentence

defame

verb

• He says he was defamed by reports that falsely identified him as a former gangster.
• The jury also found that Depp defamed Heard in the course of fighting back against her charges.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
• Depp, 59, however, was found to have defamed her on one of three claims.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• Plus, Elliott could argue that the NFL has defamed him.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2017
• The Republicans defame the dead in service of a scoundrel.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Nov. 2021
• In regards to Heard's countersuit brought against Depp, he was found to have defamed her on one of three claims.
  — Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
• While both parties were found to have defamed the other, Depp walked away the victor in the court of public opinion.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2023
• So these bad movies are often not just lousy, but bad ambassadors, defaming us in the eyes of the world.
  — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2017
• The news also came the same week that Elon Musk takes the stand in a trial where he’s accused of defaming a British diver last year.
  — Wired, 6 Dec. 2019
• And the guy at Columbia who was defamed by the woman with a mattress would be happy, too.
  — Christine Flowers, Alaska Dispatch News, 14 Aug. 2017
• Fox signed a settlement in 2015 agreeing not to defame the board anymore.
  — Paul Brinkmann, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2018
• Names have been removed from the stories, so as not to defame anyone, but each entry is tagged with the author's school.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 6 Mar. 2021
• Ramos claimed the paper had defamed him with its reporting.
  — Adi Robertson, The Verge, 29 June 2018
• The lawsuit points to 10 different instances where Relli was defamed in the press.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
• The lawsuit also says Smith defamed Artharee by stating he had been fired from his job.
  — oregonlive.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and does not defame him.
  — CBS News, 20 Apr. 2022
• Heard's lawyers say the article is accurate and doesn't defame him.
  — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2022
• He was found guilty of defaming Thein Sein, then Myanmar’s president, and sentenced to six months in prison.
  — The Economist, 13 July 2017
• Zervos’ suit argues Trump defamed her by calling her a liar.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2018
• The jurors found that Heard defamed her ex-husband in her 2018 Washington Post op-ed that didn't mention him by name.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
• Fox denies defaming anyone and claims that the lawsuit is an assault on the First Amendment.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Jackson said last week he had been defamed by false accusations and lost his job as a result.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 21 June 2017
• Allen’s countersuits claim that one of the women defamed him and that the other illegally took his cell phone.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 13 July 2023
• The video has been linked to a large number of attacks and threats against Western individuals perceived to have defamed the Prophet.
  — Jytte Klausen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2015
• Both Favre and Palin insist jurors, not judges, should determine whether they were defamed.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2024
• Some have even called for monarchy reform, an act unthinkable just months ago in a country where those who defame the king can be sentenced to prison.
  — Fortune, 20 Aug. 2020
• The lawsuit says Buzzfeed defamed the plaintiffs by linking them to the Kremlin campaign to interfere in the U.S. election.
  — The Associated Press, The Seattle Times, 26 May 2017
• However, the jury also found that Depp defamed Heard, through his attorney, in the course of fighting back against her charges.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023
• To prove defamation, a plaintiff must prove who exactly defamed them.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
• Stone is seeking no less than $5 million in damages from the university as well as from the 50 Jane Doe defendants accused of defaming her.
  — Mike Gagliardi, NBC News, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024