Sami was trying to tarnish Layla's reputation.

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.

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.

He is afraid that he will tarnish his reputation if he disagrees.

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

Sami tarnished Layla's reputation.

Old love does not tarnish.

Sami was tarnishing Layla's reputation.

Mary's reputation was tarnished by gossip.

Her reputation was tarnished by gossip.