ungracious

Example Sentences

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While Osaka lost to Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko in the final, then drew criticism for seemingly being ungracious in defeat, she has carried the momentum into the US Open.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

“I made a rude comment, and it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment. It was ungracious to the server.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

She worries — without making any accusations — that the newly implemented rules, and their announcement, were ungracious.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022

And I can’t chide politicians for ungracious manners and unsubtle minds if those inadequacies are also my own.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2021

I ignored this last ungracious remark and thought for a minute.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly