Crossword clues for sullies
sullies
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sully \Sul"ly\, n.; pl. Sullies. Soil; tarnish; stain.
A noble and triumphant merit breaks through little
spots and sullies in his reputation.
--Spectator.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-third-person singularsully)
Usage examples of "sullies".
Verily I say unto you: anyone who sullies the name of the man in the fire helmet, who has the right of way, whom the insurance companies love, who always has a bit of ashes in his pocket, perhaps because they dropped into it in the course of his duties or perhaps as a talisman -- anyone, I say, who dares to accuse this glorious phoenix of arson deserves to have a millstone tied round his neck and.
The just censure of society,' remarked the judge, 'is accorded to those so inconstant and intemperate that they must take their pleasures in the unholy market of humanity that still sullies the fame of our civilization.