rose-lipt girls are sleeping in fields where roses fade.

that's a sentence from Housmam's poem.

He is a much maligned politician, but he can't sue the people for maligning him.

"you are maligning me!" he shouted. Nobody was scared, they laughed spontaneously. the crowd gave a spontaneous cheer.

the village was evacuated because of danger of a flood. But an old man refused to move. "leave me alone!" he cried out to the officer who wanted to convince him.