ingloriously

Example Sentences

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It ended ingloriously this week when Irving demanded a trade, and the Nets found a sucker in Dallas.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2023

Kelly seemed to have all the answers until he reached the NFL, where a promising start was followed by an ingloriously abrupt end to stints with the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2018

The Mugabe era was at last ingloriously over.

From Economist • Nov. 16, 2017

And thus, ingloriously, a continent got its oil industry.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2017

A journey with the duke of Weimar to Breslau followed, and in 1792 he accompanied his master on that campaign against France which ended so ingloriously for the German arms at Valmy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various