How to Use defamation in a Sentence

defamation

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  • The article was full of lies and defamations.
  • Miller denied the allegations and sued Grisham for defamation.
    — John Seewer, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Collins pressed, noting the defamation lawsuit filed against Lake from an Arizona election official.
    — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Her attorney, David Boies, also sued Dershowitz for defamation.
    — CNN, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Now, the Kardashian women are facing a trial of their own, because Blac Chyna is suing them for defamation.
    — Mj Corey, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The conspiracy theorist faces a third defamation trial by a final Sandy Hook family in Texas later this year.
    — Laurel Calkins, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2022
  • After filing a civil lawsuit against the Woodses (who later returned with a countersuit claim of defamation), the house was taken off the market as the saga made national news.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 20 Oct. 2022
  • While some praised Rihanna for putting Depp in the show in the wake of his divisive defamation trial, others sharply criticized her and the Oscar nominee.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Blac Chyna's defamation lawsuit against the Kardashian-Jenners impacted the famous family in more ways than one.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Johnny Depp’s legal team has filed detailed paperwork appealing a jury’s decision to side with his ex-wife Amber Heard in one of her defamation claims against him.
    — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2022
  • That could open the door to defamation claims, lawyers aid.
    — Meredith Mandell, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Unsworth sued Musk for defamation but lost the case in 2019.
    — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The firm has filed a defamation suit against the researcher in Hong Kong.
    — Bloomberg.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Unsworth sued him for defamation, but Musk won the case.
    — Courtney Vinopal, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Bauer had sued Hill for defamation and in the process obtained the video.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • In the end, both Depp and Heard were found liable for defamation.
    — Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 7 June 2022
  • In this movie, Mike and Marcus are smacked in the face with a defamation case.
    — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2024
  • Keisel and his wife filed suit against Westbrook and the Jazz for defamation.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 18 June 2021
  • His claims are why Carroll brought the defamation case.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2023
  • The suit accuses the Met and Gelb of defamation and breach of contract.
    — Jennifer Peltz, chicagotribune.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Trump appears to be struggling to line up a bond in the defamation case as well.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • None of the three law firms that have worked for Tesla on the defamation case would comment.
    — Russ Mitchell Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • Fox News had attempted to get the defamation case thrown out of court.
    — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • But that's not defamation -- that's a guilty conscience.
    — Hannah Karp, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2018
  • The company has filed defamation lawsuits over some of the claims that have been made.
    — Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Dec. 2021
  • So who is Randeep Hothi, anyway, and what was the defamation suit about?
    — Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Sobol has lost track of how many times Prigozhin has sued her and her colleagues for defamation.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 19 July 2021
  • Unsworth sued for defamation and lost) and politicians.
    — Richard J. Chang, Forbes, 25 June 2022
  • For several months, the defamation suit wound its way through a state court in New York.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021
  • In late July, Ellis filed a defamation lawsuit against Alvarado, who was listed as one of the plaintiffs in this week’s suit.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 10 Oct. 2024

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