Sentence examples for somewhat tarnishing from inspiring English sources

Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame induction speech was widely criticized for being tone deaf and spiteful, talking down to many former opponents and somewhat tarnishing his great legacy.

Her triumph, however, was somewhat tarnished by unsubstantiated rumours that she had used performance-enhancing drugs.

Slip up against a ragged France, furthermore, and this season's title will feel somewhat tarnished.

However, his reputation has been somewhat tarnished over the years by claims that he was a Nazi sympathiser.

That track record, reputation and stature look somewhat tarnished in the light of the Barclays banking scandal.

Meanwhile, the symbols of their adopted country's world-beating prowess, from football to cars, look somewhat tarnished.

The dog tag was somewhat tarnished, so the silent-movie star (Philippa Content, who owns the shop with her boyfriend, Christopher Winterbourne) polished it with a chamois.

Mr Azmin has greater experience than either Nurul Izzah Anwar, Mr Anwar's impressive daughter, or Rafizi Ramli, a party strategist somewhat tarnished by the Selangor debacle.

A series of high-profile incidents where the Met Office has got its forecasts badly wrong in recent years has somewhat tarnished its reputation.

Italy's centre-left may be a bit dull and worthy, and somewhat tarnished by the communist past of many of its leaders (including Mr Veltroni).

Not surprisingly, in countries such as France and Italy, where the standard university bachelor degrees are somewhat tarnished, high numbers of students do not complete their courses.