“What shocked him most was the implied aspersion of complicity on Mrs Anthony.”

“Mr Rushdie is a proper intellectual, an aspersion nobody has cast at Mr Hoddle.”

“I am dismayed by their willingness to cast aspersion on the very fine public servants conducting the consultations.”

“After laying an egg like this, who is he to cast aspersions at the likes of Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese?”

“It is stupid to cast aspersions on either the intelligence of the electorate or the validity of the verdict.”

“Their central theme is that he betrayed his band of brothers and cast aspersions on every battle-hardened American soldier.”