1 Brass tarnishes quickly in wet weather.

2 The brasswork needs polishing it's badly tarnished.

3 His regime was tarnished by human rights abuses.

4 The party needs to clean up its somewhat tarnished image.

5 The affair could tarnish the reputation of the prime minister.

6 It never rusts or tarnishes.

7 Gold does not tarnish easily.

8 The mirrors had tarnished with age.

9 The mirror had tarnished quite badly.

10 The silver candlesticks were tarnished and dusty.

11 Moisture leads to the tarnish of the silverware.

12 Accusations of tax evasion have tarnished his clean image.

13 The political scandal tarnished the reputation of the president.

14 His reputation has tarnished in literary circles.

15 Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver,[] because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.

16 His bad behaviour has tarnished the good name of the school.

17 By this time a series of scandals had severely tarnished the leader's image/reputation.

18 He says he wants to improve the tarnished image of his country.

19 He hopes to improve the newspaper's somewhat tarnished public image.

20 The firm's good name was badly tarnished by the scandal.

21 Tarnishing on silver-plated cutlery occurs through exposure to sulphides.

22 It is not the opposition that is tarnishing the image of the regime.

23 Please stop tarnishing your reputation .

24 A home made catalytic additive and DS silver tarnishing prevention agent have been used in a new silver electroplating technology.

25 She said Russia risks further tarnishing its reputation as an energy supplier.

26 If anything, the slight tarnishing of the sound contributes to the sense of the music's otherworldliness.

27 She said Russia remains at risk of further tarnishing its reputation as an energy supplier.

28 Some observers said Jones would be likely to suffer from guilt by association and the tarnishing of her golden girl image.

29 The revelations will prove deeply embarrassing to Cuadrilla and risks tarnishing its reputation further.

30 Mo, his VERY ambitious wife and the dash for cash that risks tarnishing an Olympic hero.

31 Do they not realize their foolhardiness and which they are tarnishing the Republic's image?

32 So to the difficulties of local adjustment there is added a tarnishing of the classic model.

33 A public opinion survey conducted by Horizon Research Consultancy last year cites corruption as the worst problem tarnishing China's image.

34 Copycat companies run the risk of tarnishing a consumer's association with an already established brand at a time when Chinese consumers are increasingly brand-conscious.

35 The surface modification methods for preventing silver products from tarnishing were summarized, such as surface passivation, surface plating and surface coating.