disgrace
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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
In January, MPs on the Health Committee described the backslide as "national disgrace".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
"Final insult" is the Daily Mirror's take, calling it a "World Cup disgrace".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Here, bodily damage is more or less considered to be a by-product of living, not a disgrace.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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 real Sin-Eater is caught by Spider-Man, though, which disgraces Brock and causes him to hate Spider-Man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2018
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
The private life of disgraced Silicon Valley startup founder Elizabeth Holmes will soon be aired to the public in a startling new documentary filmed in the 34 days before she went to prison.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer” was an unpersuasive defense of one of New York’s several disgraced ex-governors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Year: 2023 Compiled by: Nitish Pahwa Of note: The disgraced ex-mayor is still holding various objects aloft.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
Besides his unconventional path to becoming a Green Lantern, Stewart is in possession of a unique lantern for recharging his ring that was forged by Sinestro, Jordan’s disgraced mentor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
For years afterward, we wondered who in our town had disgraced her.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
Vocabulary lists containing disgrace
"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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