vilify

How To Use vilify In A Sentence

• And I add, had you joined herewith, such as vilify and trample upon the blood of the Lord Jesus, preferring the snivel of their own brains before him, you had herein but drawn your own picture, and given your reader an emblem of yourself. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02
• The fair-weather friends have evidently evaporated into thin air, effectively abandoning him and vilifying his illustrious name.
• And the final question, can we in our profession discuss these issues in a calm, mutually respectful way without criticizing, belittling or vilifying one another?
• That being said, it almost makes sense that they would vilify the very people who they bilked, conned, and stole from, now that the jig is up. Richard Zombeck: Bankers New Tactic: Blame the Victim
• This last vilifying barb you offer in yet another comment when, having had the whole root of your hatred revealed in the posting of that email exchange, rather than actually give grounds for your risible concern with a purported conflict of interests, you continue your rancorous pillorying, not to mention the concomitant pompous self-aggrandisement. How Not to be a Writer
• When anybody calls their bluff and punctures this self-delusion, they can only cope by insulting and vilifying their critics.
• Some are too partial, as friends to overween, others come with a prejudice to carp, vilify, detract, and scoff; Anatomy of Melancholy
• The SPLA claims the raids were an attempt to defame and vilify teachers and demanded that the government discipline the inspectors involved.
• I'm somewhat confused -- you seem to be saying that speaking out on behalf of the oppressed doesn't justify hate speech, yet you won't "vilify" Dworkin is it "vilification" to describe her as the hate-speech purveyor she was? because she spoke out for the oppressed. Andrea Dworkin has died.
• At the same time this freedom can get used and abused to vilify the same government that helped to bring about our liberation.