disgrace
Example Sentences
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How would you feel about getting a dream gig only to see it end in disgrace because of, well, you?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026
"It is a great disgrace that, when cooperation agreements to combat international criminal organizations are being discussed, Brazil does not participate in forming that broad coalition of nations."
From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026
As if the ugliness of the 120 minutes wasn't enough - the grisly battle, the hair-on-fire panic, the abysmal lack of anything resembling coherence or even competence - there was the disgrace of the post-match.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
The Tribune had come in behind my essay with an editorial of its own, making similar points about the widespread disgrace of America’s youth sports system.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026
His service as wartime governor of Virginia had ended disastrously when British troops burned the capital as Jefferson galloped off and into official disgrace.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing disgrace
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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Excerpts from "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet"
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"The Sporting Spirit"
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