1.   Duke Ellington and Count Basie also tarnished their reputations by recording brassy versions of Beatle tunes.

2.   His reputation was tarnished by allegations that he had taken bribes.

3.   What right had I to tarnish the reputation of an acknowledged war hero and needlessly distress his family?

4.   The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister.

5.   The scandal tarnished his reputation.

6.   He was also concerned that his reputation might be tarnished by the way his physical comedy was edited.

7.   Amato believes the incident tarnished her reputation at the company, and she eventually left.

8.   And perhaps most important, damaging publicity about union racketeering made news and tarnished the reputation of unions.

9.   And the hearings are likely to reveal deep divisions within the highest ranks of Treasury, where there is a growing anxiety that the hearings may tarnish reputations.

10.   At one point he suggested that the congressional inquiry might even tarnish the reputations of the four ATF agents who died in the initial shootout at the Davidian compound.