How to Use libel in a Sentence

libel

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  • The newspaper was found guilty of libel.
  • He sued the newspaper for libel.
  • The newspaper's attorneys argued that the article was not a libel.
  • The libel case was part of a series of problems for Depp.
    — Sharareh Drury, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The libel case filed by his half-brother is dismissed by the court.
    — CNN, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Those claims amounted to slander and libel, the lawsuit says.
    — Dustin Gardiner, azcentral, 15 June 2018
  • The loss of his libel case is a big blow to Depp and could cost him lucrative acting roles.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Johnny Depp lost a libel case against a British tabloid.
    — Ashley Shaffer, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Depp and Heard took the stand in May over competing libel charges.
    — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022
  • If this is correct, then the rapper would be liable for libel.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
  • In a public filing in England, he was sued for libel based on the dossier.
    — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2018
  • People might find themselves on the wrong end of a defamation or libel lawsuit.
    — Vic Ryckaert, Indianapolis Star, 19 July 2017
  • And since a libel case requires proof of falsity, their case was doomed.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2017
  • The outing comes after Depp sued a British tabloid for libel.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2018
  • Doronin sued, alleging libel and defamation, and swaths of the ski town turned against him.
    — Chris Pomorski, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The filings came a day before the statute of limitations for a libel claim would have expired.
    — Matthew Rosenberg and Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2018
  • James then had the bishops arrested and charged with seditious libel.
    — Declan Leary, National Review, 19 July 2019
  • The Times libeled Palin, so the Times deserves to lose her libel suit.
    — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Some who post may be sued for defamation, libel, or slander.
    — Gloria Allred, Marie Claire, 6 Feb. 2018
  • First Amendment scholars say the case is a rarity in libel law.
    — Jeremy W. Peters, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The site's lawyers disputed any malice and said the time limit for filing the libel complaint had passed.
    — Jim Gomez and Aaron Favila, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2020
  • Pearson was sued for libel more than any other journalist, and proud of it.
    — Fergus M. Bordewich, WSJ, 21 May 2021
  • The site claimed that Kweli could’ve sued them for libel, but the statute of limitations had passed last year.
    — Vulture, 9 Aug. 2022
  • To win a libel lawsuit, a plaintiff has to prove that a statement is both false and defamatory.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The school is debating filing a counter lawsuit for libel and defamation.
    — Sabrina Leboeuf, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2021
  • That judge sued us for libel and his colleagues ruled against us in his favor in unjust proceedings.
    — Efim Marmer, WSJ, 18 May 2022
  • Indeed, the spreadsheet can’t be published because of libel law.
    — Josephine Livingstone, New Republic, 31 Oct. 2017
  • Navalny, who denies the libel charges, fired back in yet another video.
    — Yuliya Fedorinova, Bloomberg.com, 30 May 2017
  • Shimron denies Artzi’s account and has since sued him for libel.
    — Ruth Margalit, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The public will soon learn a lot more about pop music dealmaking thanks to a marathon libel case headed to trial.
    — Eriq Gardner, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2021

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