disgrace
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"I'm aware of the report, the president is too, I spoke with him about it. He believes it's deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
"It's not just our wee river, it's all over the country, when you hear 50,000 fish killed, I think it's an absolute disgrace," Scullion said.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Just two months after issuing that ruling, the judge resigned in disgrace rather than face removal from the bench.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
He called the verdict a disgrace and said he had never met Carroll.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
“You have no regard, then, for the honour and credit of my nephew! Unfeeling, selfish girl! Do you not consider that a connection with you must disgrace him in the eyes of everybody?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
The half-hour series stars Glen Powell as Russ Holliday, a former star college quarterback for a big-name team who disgraces himself during the Rose Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Officers aren’t allowed to conduct themselves in a way that personally disgraces them or dishonors the military profession, according to military law cited by the newspaper.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
The Monday column by Dylan Hernández, ostensibly about Kershaw making the All-Star team, disgraces the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
A fired-up FitzSimons added that "with such personal abuse, the Senator disgraces the office he holds".
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2016
But they had sent her back to her own mother and father, a mysterious act hinting at disgraces not told me.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
Sepp Blatter, Infantino's disgraced predecessor, drew attention to the American connection.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
In November, Larry Summers, the former president of Harvard University, stepped down from OpenAI’s board following the release of emails linking him to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It’s not like Journalism has been disgraced during his four-race winless streak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
It is the fourth time the daughter of disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori has sought the South American nation's presidency, promising this time to oversee a crackdown on organised crime.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Because of this code, in my time in Harlem I’d personally known a dozen husders who, threatened, left town, disgraced.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
He argues they ruined his life by painting him as a callous man who had broken the moral and legal rules of war, disgracing his country in the process.
From BBC ● May 30, 2023
"The disgracing of a dead body and setting it on fire are strictly forbidden in Islam," the court ruled.
From Reuters ● Apr. 19, 2022
“You are disgracing this city, you are disgracing the life of George Floyd and every other person who has been killed in this country,” she added.
From Fox News ● May 30, 2020
“You are disgracing our city,” Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms told protesters.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2020
“Do you thus repay my kindness by disgracing yourself?” she demanded.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Vocabulary lists containing disgrace
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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