Sentence examples for drag through the mud from inspiring English sources

"drag through the mud" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to criticize or publicly shame someone or something, often unjustly or excessively. Example: The politician's opponents dragged his reputation through the mud during the campaign, spreading false rumors and attacking his character.

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Visitors to this column will know that I have faith in Taylor Swift, despite her cruel handicaps of unfeasible glamour and a budget bigger than the US Navy; and in Lauren Mayberry, despite the waif-like fragility with which she had to drag, through the mud of Glastonbury, a pair of work boots each bigger than she is.

The American people won't look kindly on congressional Democrats if they use their expansive powers to drag through the mud any of the 500 witnesses interviewed but not charged by Mueller.

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There are so many interesting names attached to brush marks, like the hemp-fiber mark, the buffalo-hair mark, the drag-through-the-mud mark.

She has been dragged through the mud.

She added: "I have been dragged through the mud.

He has taken his tumble and seen his family's name dragged through the mud.

Her career went up in smoke and her name was dragged through the mud.

George Bush said the "good name" of his long-time confidant had been "dragged through the mud".

The foreign ministry, in particular, has been dragged through the mud.

We cannot allow the reputation of football to be dragged through the mud any longer.

"All the commonplace compromises and conventions were booed, mocked, dragged through the mud," Gros writes.

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