Sentence examples for They impugn from inspiring English sources

Hitchcock's seditious hints conjure up what Wood calls "a wonderfully realised world of uncertain knowledge"; at the same time, they impugn us because we secretly wish for the worst.

Such gender-deviant styles make some gay men nervous, not only because they impugn their virility, but also because they recall those hoary Victorian definitions of homosexuality as a congenital abnormality involving a pathological reversal of sex roles — a mental illness.

Historian John M. Coski examines the fights over the symbol's meaning in "The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem". Defenders of the flag have insisted vehemently that the Confederacy did not exist to defend or preserve slavery, and they impugn the motives and intelligence of those who argue that it did...

Again and again, they impugn the motives of speakers and the students who invite them, complain that conservative groups are a tiny minority (isn't this supposed to mean we try extra hard to make them feel welcome?), and otherwise suggest that the real culprits are conservatives, not the people committing the violence.

Schiavo's parents came to despise her husband, whose intentions they impugned.

"But there was never a suggestion by either side that they would impugn the legitimacy of the result, that they would claim it was a rigged decision, that they would claim it was flawed".

Elderly couples come on off-peak holidays – she gingerly tries the octopus, while appeasing him, scowling at his kebab, peering at his chips as though they might impugn his mother.

Pakistanis from all walks of life expressed anger that the cheats had not only damaged their shared passion – they had impugned the national reputation.

It is only if they traduce or impugn their accusers that they will risk receiving a heavier sentence on conviction.

I hope they will not impugn our motives".

As incestuous as these relationships might seem, they don't impugn the accuracy of the main thrust of the information that Steele gathered, much of which has since been confirmed.