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inglorious

[in-glawr-ee-uhs, -glohr-] / ɪnˈglɔr i əs, -ˈgloʊr- /


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And because most would-be artists fail, the many “mute inglorious Miltons,” as the poet Thomas Gray labeled them, remain unknown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

A proud Bruin having met an inglorious ending, those fixes will now be in the hands of someone else.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

It is not Smith’s fault that his investigation has reached such a premature and inglorious end.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2024

But we know where things are headed; the inglorious ends of a long con are often more predictable than they are narratively satisfying.

From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023

Two months later, it met an inglorious end when, during the Battle of Fort Lee, the American ship that was transporting it was sunk by the British.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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