1.   The scandal tarnished his reputation.

2.   He came to the presidency vowing to restore dignity of an office tarnished by scandal and diminished by the post Cold War dispersion of political authority.

3.   He is a sophisticated veteran of political warfare whose image is a bit tarnished by scandal.

4.   I asked how it felt to be in charge of a program that has been tarnished by scandal.

5.   Robert Janiszewski, the Hudson County executive, abruptly resigned Thursday, throwing into political upheaval a bastion of Democratic politics that has often been tarnished by scandal.

6.   The Exxon video, sponsored by a firm that creates educational material for companies tarnished by scandal, made no mention of the Valdez oil spill.

7.   The scandal has so tarnished the Olympics that sponsors are skittish and organizers may have to scale back the Games if some funding falls through.

8.   The scandal has severely tarnished Korea Inc.

9.   Their administrations also have been tarnished by scandals.

10.   Politicians and military leaders are often perceived as corrupt, while scandals have tarnished the Buddhist monkhood.