ungracious

Example Sentences

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“It is the Brazilian culture when a goal is scored. That’s how we do things,” Tite said of his team’s on-field danceathons, which critics have charged were ungracious.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

James Corden has admitted he was "ungracious" to a restaurant server in an incident which saw him temporarily banned from New York eatery Balthazar.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

Yet both families have young children who seemed to get along, and it would be ungracious to refuse a long weekend in the countryside.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022

She entered the room with an air more than usually ungracious, made no other reply to Elizabeth’s salutation than a slight inclination of the head, and sat down without saying a word.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen