ingloriously

Example Sentences

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But assuming that this season ends ingloriously, he will face considerable pressure next season in Year 3 in the NFL to demonstrate that he can succeed at this level.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2021

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

But when Captain Estill sent Lieutenant William Miller with six men to gain the rear of the enemy, that seven ingloriously fled and then the savages began to gain on the whites.

From Stories of Old Kentucky by Purcell, Martha Grassham