Word: impugnable
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...When she was cold toward him, he wrote The Snow Queen. When he begged her to marry him, she silently handed him a mirror. That night, he wrote The Ugly Duckling. (Author Schultz offers a modified version of this famous anecdote: she claims that Jenny really meant to impugn her own appearance, arguing that it is beyond belief that Jenny Lind could be that cruel...
...further comment is surely appropriate. I did not previously, nor have I reason now, to impugn the motives of members of the CRIMSON for the recent series of editorials. The point at issue is the method. Bitter criticism leaves a cloud of suspicion and calls forth response in kind; thoughtful criticism invites constructive conversation.' The fact that constructive response in the mail was so long delayed illustrates my point. The fact that you apparently welcomed it when it arrived is a tribute to your editorial policy. R. Jerrold Gibson Acting Minister Memorial Church
...late, she has turned her feminine fire on extremists of the far ideological right. Last week Columnist Robb discovered to her surprise that her most recent crusade contained a built-in booby trap. For daring to impugn the rectitude of the right in a luncheon speech, Columnist Robb was tossed out of her room at the Camelback Inn near Phoenix, Ariz.-typewriter, white gloves, husband...
...when he encountered opposition within the state. Now, heartened and apparently vindicated by the national C.D. undertaking, Rockefeller claims credit for great military foresight and political courage. This time he risked no opposition; Speaker Joseph F. Carlino rushed the bill through the State Assembly, while Rockefeller helped him to impugn the motives of those who warned of the shelter plan's implicit dangers...
...didn't impugn the motives of the right-wingers, I just called them idiots. Now, however, Alan E. Povey has informed us that freedom can best be defended by "tight security measures at home"; I guess that shows me. Christopher Z. Hobson...