Sentence examples for albeit tarnished from inspiring English sources
Unlike Johannesburg, Goa, colonised by nirvana-seeking hippies, has a reputation as a sun-kissed lotus-land, albeit tarnished by the rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling in 2008.
But in a sentimental misstep, the movie insists on making Eli a martyr, albeit a tarnished one, to the supposedly braver, nobler time that has passed him by.
In 2002 Phillip Morris bucked the trend when it changed its name to Altria, derived from the Latin word altus, which the company chose in an effort to convey the notion of reaching ever higher. In doing so, however, it downgraded a well-known corporate identity, albeit one tarnished by its association with a controversial industry.
This treachery enabled Qutayba to bring most of Transoxiana under his (albeit tentative) control, but it also considerably tarnished his prestige among the Sogdians.
Its rustic references (hay pulleys repurposed as light fixtures, tarnished mirrors, dish-towel-like napkins) are appealing, albeit familiar.
But there's also a school of thought that museums should avoid holding on to objects that have any legal taint -- and that the Getty Bronze is too tarnished to keep because it was hidden, then exported without a permit, albeit before J. Paul Getty began eyeing a purchase in the 1970s.
One wonders if he has been tarnished by association and his first foray into management at Valencia was miserable, albeit in difficult circumstances.
His Heisman is tarnished.
Talk about tarnished reputations.
Love itself is tarnished.
