Sentence examples for tarnished somewhat from inspiring English sources

Passeau felt that his accomplishments were tarnished somewhat by a reputation for throwing a spitball.

The image was tarnished somewhat by the news that he had met a Kentucky county clerk, Kim Davis, who had become a figurehead for American religious hardliners because of her refusal to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples.

Even if Limbaugh manages to stay on Cumulus' enviable rosters of major market talk stations, Limbaugh comes out of the tussle tarnished and somewhat diminished.

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.

He was acclaimed as a master storyteller, but his late repudiation of his membership in the Dutch Communist Party tarnished his standing somewhat.

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.