He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.

Sami tarnished Layla's reputation.

Her reputation was tarnished by gossip.

He had picked from a drawer a little tarnished cylinder, and, undoing the tape, he handed me a short note scrawled upon a half-sheet of slate grey-paper.

Old love does not tarnish.

Sami was trying to tarnish Layla's reputation.

Sami was tarnishing Layla's reputation.

Mary's reputation was tarnished by gossip.

Mary's reputation was tarnished by malicious gossip.

Those photos—which experts say could have been created as early as 1850—were tarnished so badly they were unrecognizable.