The city overwhelmed our expectations. The Kiplingesque grandeur of Waterloo Station, the Eliotic despondency of the brick row in Chelsea the Dickensian nightmare of fog and sweating pavement and besmirched cornices.
Quotes about besmirched (3 Quotes)
Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils.
There's really no way to calculate the harm that's been done to Mr. Higazy's reputation internationally. People still believe he has something to do with 911 and but for some technicality of some kind or another, he would be in jail. So his character has been besmirched internationally, his family and he have suffered extreme emotional distress, so there is really no way you can go to a calculator and punch up a number.