How To Use Impugn In A Sentence
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Furthermore, in order to assess the special disability and whether there has been unconscionable conduct, it is essential to also examine the actual actions of those against whom that conduct is impugned.
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I am speaking of the ease with which motives are impugned, lifestyles derogated, name-calling condoned, individuals and groups demonized.
The Ten Commandments
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Vivisection, for instance, cannot furnish unimpugnable results, for excessive shock tends of itself to make the response of a tissue abnormal.
Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches
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Picasso's generosity is no way "impugned" by the book's account of his gift of the head of Dora Maar.
Life with Picasso
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That connection alone impugns the report's integrity and validity.
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I wish in no way to impugn the potential validity of gradualism.
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Millions of dollars have gone to help children, and I truly resent this man impugning my integrity.
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impugned" means to assail by words or arguments, oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity.
Brownsville Herald :
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The scientific community is often impugned by the public it serves for making of skepticism a religion, but in this case a little attention to creed might have been in order.
The light that draws the flower
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Instead, the government concentrated on impugning his motives.
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The press, too, much as she hated to impugn any good motives to them.
IN A STRANGE CITY
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Thanks to Clarke and Foster, such questions can now be asked openly, seriously, and without impugning the questioner's patriotism.
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The press, too, much as she hated to impugn any good motives to them.
IN A STRANGE CITY
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Solely supported by his unimpugnable calculations,
Little Dorrit
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Nor the cause rendered, that “the firmness of hides is for the armour of the body against extremities of heat or cold,” doth not impugn the cause rendered, that “contraction of pores is incident to the outwardest parts, in regard of their adjacence to foreign or unlike bodies;” and so of the rest, both causes being true and compatible, the one declaring an intention, the other a consequence only.
The Advancement of Learning
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But the inquisitors 'efforts to impugn the bankers' morality were rich with the sort of feigned shock that might have been exhibited by a genteel Victorian woman confronted by an unclad piano leg.
A Return to Old-Fashioned Principles
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‘One can't throw out accusations which impugn the good name of people and question their motivation and commitment,’ said Ms Harrington.
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Political combatants now routinely impugn the very moral fiber of their opponents.
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To defend her intemperance, she publicly impugned my personal and professional integrity.
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This weekend O'Brien criticised the State for failing to foresee the risk of criticism of civil servants who could be 'impugned' if the tribunal finds against them.
Irish Election
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`Your Highness, never would I impugn your ability to keep Carra safe.
A TIME OF WAR
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We, too, find these twisted, evil minds of suicide bombers impugnable (ph).
CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2001
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In doing so, he has impugned the questioner and certainly has impugned the Clerk of the House.
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It was the first sign of my family having the ill grace to impugn my nocturnal revision strategy.
MUSIC FOR BOYS
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The accuracy of her statement has since been impugned [2] by a correspondent of the Zoological Society of London, on the ground that the mygale makes no net, but lives in recesses, to which no humming-bird would resort; and hence, the writer somewhat illogically declares, that he
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon
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The irony is that in other Arab countries it is the opposition that impugns democracy as the constitutional foundation of the republic.
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Are you impugning my competence as a professional designer?
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What his account does necessarily impugn is the judgment and decision-making abilities of the administration principals.
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Without impugning the motives of any believer in this, I point out that it reeks of a vile and dangerous racism.
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The impugners of the work were in the same helpless predicament as its author, who had, however, more venturously presumed to unravel unsearchable mysteries, concerning which, in the existing state of science, men can only conjecture, wonder, and adore, utterly unable to affirm or deny aught respecting them.
An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges
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His honesty was now in set terms impugned, and on the 15th of February, 1870, he addressed, through the editor of The Pall Mall Gazette, Mr. Frederick Greenwood, a direct challenge to Mr. Philip Harwood, who had become editor of The Saturday Review.
The Life of Froude
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And I would hope that we can have this conversation and discuss what happened before and what went on before and what I said without impugning my credibility or my integrity.
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It was the first sign of my family having the ill grace to impugn my nocturnal revision strategy.
MUSIC FOR BOYS
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I did not mean to impugn her professional abilities.
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The heroine's honour is unjustly impugned, but her alleged crime is such a peccadillo that the emotions associated with it seem ludicrously overblown.
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Not the Brain of Norfolk, I'll admit - but I've never heard anyone impugn his honesty.
THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
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For the cause rendered, that “the hairs about the eyelids are for the safeguard of the sight,” doth not impugn the cause rendered, that “pilosity is incident to orifices of moisture — muscosi fontes, &c.”
The Advancement of Learning
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Overly proud people refuse to admit their mistakes — and sometimes even deny the fact that they make them — because they feel that it would impugn their image.
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A defamatory statement is one which impugns another person's reputation or adversely affects his or her standing in the community.
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Successive redaction of the Psalms they readily admit, provided the doctrine of the inspiration of Holy Writ be not impugned .
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Are you impugning my competence as a professional designer?
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He never impugns the motives of those about whom he writes.
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`Your Highness, never would I impugn your ability to keep Carra safe.
A TIME OF WAR
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Rose and I differ somewhat in our definition of art. Not to impugn your work, sir.
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In all cases, except where actual malice is shown nevertheless, the impugned statement is not actionable if it is the truth or is fair comment or is protected by privilege.
Archive 2009-10-01
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Her reason for not apprising him of their interview at Bethany, though not easily impugnable, was not as satisfactory to his understanding as to his ear.
Tancred Or, The New Crusade
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And there is no reason to impugn the motives and/or professionalism of all of the other parties.
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A major advance in ethological theory was triggered in 1953 by a violent critique by Daniel D. Lehrmann who impugned the validity of the ethological concept of the innate.
Konrad Lorenz - Autobiography
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Political combatants now routinely impugn the very moral fiber of their opponents.
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It was conceded by the defendant that the impugned language used in the letter was libellous.
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The provision ensures against impugning acquisition in these circumstances.
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The press, too, much as she hated to impugn any good motives to them.
IN A STRANGE CITY
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Not the Brain of Norfolk, I'll admit - but I've never heard anyone impugn his honesty.
THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
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All too often, psychology's internal battles have been driven by ‘negative leaders,’ he says: people who attempt to gain power by impugning the motives or actions of others.
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East, certainly in none of the great self-governing colonies with which we rank ourselves, is the position of white man _qua_ white man so high, his status so impugnable, as in South East Africa.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology
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So, too, the neoconservatives are trying to fend off critics by assassinating their character and impugning their motives.
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There's no reason to impugn the reputations of any of those names above, save A-Rod, who admitted what he called a flirtation with PEDs a few years ago.
The Seattle Times
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Women in relationships with men assume a defensive posture; perceiving that I have impugned the integrity of the doted-on patriarch, they loyally wish to enlighten me as to their husband/boyfriend’s sterlingness ”he does the laundry!”
Woman's History Month Part II
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I am speaking of the ease with which motives are impugned, lifestyles derogated, name-calling condoned, individuals and groups demonized.
The Ten Commandments
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It irritates me that so many people are not even giving the young woman the benefit of the doubt, and are casting aspersions on her character and impugning her credibility, based on no, or the very flimsiest of, evidence.
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His honesty was now in set terms impugned, and on the 15th of February, 1870, he addressed, through the editor of The Pall Mall Gazette, Mr. Frederick
The Life of Froude
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Now actually look at what we say, rather than impugning our motives.
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Solely supported by his unimpugnable calculations, Mr Pancks led an unhappy and restless life; constantly carrying his figures about with him in his hat, and not only going over them himself on every possible occasion, but entreating every human being he could lay hold of to go over them with him, and observe what a clear case it was.
Little Dorrit
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Gerlick has filed a complaint impugning the judge's integrity.
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I really don't have a problem with the substance of his rejoinder, and I certainly did not mean to impugn his motives in my original post.
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It was conceded by the defendant that the impugned language used in the letter was libellous.
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The irony is that in other Arab countries it is the opposition that impugns democracy as the constitutional foundation of the republic.
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Kelly had just gotten through the hard part, and the questioning had not impugned his credibility.
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Nor the cause rendered, that "the firmness of hides is for the armour of the body against extremities of heat or cold," doth not impugn the cause rendered, that "contraction of pores is incident to the outwardest parts, in regard of their adjacence to foreign or unlike bodies;" and so of the rest, both causes being true and compatible, the one declaring an intention, the other a consequence only.
The Advancement of Learning
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I CANNOT think myself engaged from these words to discourse of lots, as to their nature, use, and allowableness; and that not only in matters of moment and business, but also of recreation; which latter is indeed impugned by some, though better defended by others; but I shall fix only upon the design of the words, which seems to be a declaration of a divine perfection by a signal instance; a proof of the exactness and universality of God's providence from its influence upon a thing, of all others, the most casual and fortuitous, such as is the casting of lots.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I.
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When a president's honesty is impugned, the stakes are high.
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Not the Brain of Norfolk, I'll admit - but I've never heard anyone impugn his honesty.
THE INNOCENTS AT HOME (A SUPERINTENDENT KENWORTHY NOVEL)
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You could readily say that dunn is the worst defensive outfielder in the major leagues - he was outdone only by hawpe among OF last year in terms of UZR. if you're going to see defensive extremes, adam dunn is it. as of today, morgan is valued at 1.9 wins above replacement so far this year. that's better than dunn's value in two of the last four years, and twice dunn's current value. even taking into account some defensive regression, how is it ridiculous to suggest that dunn and morgan have similar value? and why would you note that his prior team put him in a corner position? why suggest that the pittsburgh pirates 'positional choices are somehow unimpugnable? they put nate mclouth in center instead of morgan, which by any reasonable measure was stupid.
Comments for FanGraphs Baseball
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It was the first sign of my family having the ill grace to impugn my nocturnal revision strategy.
MUSIC FOR BOYS
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He impugned the painful process that many of us had to go through and are still going through in order to embrace ourselves with self-love and self-worth in the face of a world which at times tells us to hate ourselves.
Alvin McEwen: Tracey Morgan, His Defenders and Heterosexual Privilege
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I specifically tried not to unfairly impugn the motives of anti-war types.
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`Your Highness, never would I impugn your ability to keep Carra safe.
A TIME OF WAR
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Political correctness may have been originally intended as a mild antidote to prejudice, a mouth-wash to rinse away some of the more dismissive expressions with which we impugn one another.
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It was the first sign of my family having the ill grace to impugn my nocturnal revision strategy.
MUSIC FOR BOYS
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They have also attacked the professor personally by impugning his motives and accusing him of opportunism.
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Cheney impugned the motives and character of all attorneys who represented the detainees.
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Liz Cheney
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Less attentive listeners may have made the easy mistake that he was impugning Dr Luke's reputableness or his seniority.
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People can complain all they want about what they do and don't like about the Star Wars movies, but no one has ever impugned the reputation of Industrial Light and Magic for their ability to bring groundbreaking technology to the big screen.
Bryan Young: Star Wars in 3D!
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The irony is that in other Arab countries it is the opposition that impugns democracy as the constitutional foundation of the republic.
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The case set up is that all the shareholders, the joint venturers, made the impugned decisions at the outset.
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The principal weakness is that there is no necessary consequence for the validity of a law which is successfully impugned.
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Instead of being lauded as a whistle-blower, he was impugned as a criminal.
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The only impugnable matter in the deed lies, as has been said, in the number of cardinals so created at a batch.
The Life of Cesare Borgia
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Sadly, as a result, many of these men choose to ignore the distinctions that clearly exist amongst Baptists on this topic, sometimes, to their shame, I believe, broad-brushing us all with the "Anabaptist" brush, hoping to impugn us with the specter of Munster!
Pros Apologian
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Rose and I differ somewhat in our definition of art. Not to impugn your work, sir.
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Wrap himself in the flag and impugn the patriotism of any who would question his moral superiority.
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We grant the "poppet;" we concede the "chickabiddy;" and then sternly inquire if an excess of loyalty is to impugn the reason of the most ratiocinative editor?
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841
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Colenso, Bishop of Natal, was deposed in South Africa in 1862 for impugning the authenticity of the Pentateuch.
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Rarely today do federal courts inject themselves into extrajudicial adventures of the type that impugned their integrity in decades past.
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In point of literary consistency the hero is at all events impugnable, though we cannot say as much for the heroine.
Famous Reviews
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No evidence was to be called for the defence impugning the complainant's reliability.
