ungracious

Example Sentences

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But instead of asking, Ed makes a unilateral decision, conveyed by his wife, and we are forced to comply or seem ungracious and risk offending them.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

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

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

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

“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