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disgrace

[dis-grays] / dɪsˈgreɪs /




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"Something like this never should have happened, this is a disgrace."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Graham believes their activities will ruin the program and disgrace the memory of its founders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

As a consequence, Lyalin was ordered to return to Moscow in disgrace.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

"The fact that victims have been withdrawing their cases because they have taken too long has been a disgrace," said shadow justice secretary Nick Timothy.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

They reached the fountain and turned to face the house, and remained in silence for a while, leaning against the parapet, at the site of her disgrace.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

The radical deliberation of Polanski’s framing, emphasizing Szpilman’s helplessness at every turn, disgraces the usual bromides about the triumph of the human spirit, as does Adrien Brody’s still-astonishing performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023

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

What’s disappointing is the degree to which its exercise of muscle exposes and disgraces others.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2021

“We have a very different idea of what disgraces the name of wizard, Malfoy,” he said.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling

In 2019, competing documentaries about the disastrous Fyre Festival took different approaches to paying its disgraced organizer, Billy McFarland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Carnegie argued in his 1889 essay "The Gospel of Wealth" that "the man who dies thus rich dies disgraced," and by his death had given away the bulk of his fortune, about $350 million.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

In reaching out to disgraced or out-of-fashion actors, the company is getting notable names for their bargain-basement productions.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

It’s about a month before Holmes begins her prison sentence, and the disgraced Theranos CEO is the picture of domestic bliss, lightly beating a bowl of eggs in the kitchen of a rental home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Winston did not know why Withers had been disgraced.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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

“You’re so experienced, and you know about the circus—about the animals—and...you could help me to—to get through it without crying and disgracing my father.”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks


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