tarnished image

collocation in English

meaningsoftarnishedandimage

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tarnished
adjective
uk
/ˈtɑː.nɪʃt/us
/ˈtɑːr.nɪʃt/
If metal is tarnished it has become less bright or a ...
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image
noun
uk
/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈɪm.ɪdʒ/
a picture in your mind or an idea of how someone or ...
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(Definition oftarnishedandimagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftarnished image

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Our somewhattarnishedimageabroad still, seemingly, has little effect on those clamouring to come here.
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I fear that over the years civil defence has had a somewhattarnishedimage.
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How does he believe that those proposals will restore histarnishedimage?
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But if the idea was initiated to polish up thetarnishedimageof the old grandad, we would have great objections to it indeed.
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To whom should people turn for compensation for the damages caused by this environmental disaster, for thetarnishedimageand for the waste of public resources?
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Reference has been made to thetarnishedimageof politicians.
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It is atarnishedimage.
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In recent years, substantial private and governmental resources have been invested in transforming the city'starnishedimage.
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Late in his life, he attempted to rehabilitate histarnishedimageand recover properties seized when his government was overthrown.
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Of this amount, only $1 billion was designated as direct infrastructure damages; the rest was attributed to consequential damages such as industry losses and the city'starnishedimage.
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The movie only worked to further bring the riot into public light and with motorcyclists portrayed as misfits and outlaws, it eliminated any way to salvage motorcycling's alreadytarnishedimage.
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