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

“Maybe this was ungracious of me, but I declined,” Rosen told Senate Judiciary Committee investigators in an interview transcript released Thursday.

From Washington Post • Oct. 8, 2021

Indeed, while the first Adams may have been ungracious by skipping Jefferson's inauguration, he did something of tremendous historical consequence by handing over power at all.

From Salon • Jan. 11, 2021

As a convention it feels like an ungracious hedge, a churlish reluctance to commend the powerful or famous no matter how well deserved.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2020

“He does very well, for a boy,” was Meg’s somewhat ungracious answer, for the subject did not interest her.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott