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Six example sentences with calumny, each labelled with its topic.
The mayor's rivals traded in calumny for months, repeating an invented bribery story that no reporter could ever confirm.
Politics
Athenian courts heard endless calumny, since a citizen could ruin a neighbor with charges they had simply invented.
History
The label sued a blog for calumny after it printed that the band had faked every note on the album.
Music
The suit accused the newspaper of calumny, since the story about the surgeon's license had been invented by a rival.
Law
In the play, a whispered calumny about the heroine spreads through the court until even her father doubts her.
Literature
The bakery lost half its customers to calumny, a false rumor about its kitchen that a competitor had started online.
Business
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