How to Use disgrace in a Sentence

disgrace

1 of 2 verb
  • He felt he had disgraced himself by failing at school.
  • Many feel that the mayor has disgraced the town government by accepting personal favors from local businesspeople.
  • And the event has been early to re-platform artists who have been disgraced.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 3 Mar. 2023
  • And so farewell, disgraced ex-State Police Sgt.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Not for the first time in his career, Mandelson was disgraced.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The service was then known as the Night Rider, and the ride would not have disgraced a rodeo.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
  • The war is already disgraced by a monumental tragedy at the outset.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Though charges were later dropped, Faithfull's image was disgraced.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2025
  • But disgrace, debt and depression are three D’s that leave room for recovery.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Now, Girardi stands disgraced, disbarred and charged in two states with bilking his clients.
    — Siobhan O'Driscoll, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Long enough to realize he’ll be disgraced in the history books, forevermore.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • The Templars were condemned en masse as having disgraced the French flag and the country.
    — Dan Jones, Time, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Mandelson, known for his ability to spin stories and reënter the fold, has been disgraced before.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Characters fall in and out of love, marry up, disgrace themselves, disappear for hundreds of pages, die.
    — Charles Arrowsmith, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a difference between being feared and being disgraced.
    — Lincee Ray Published, EW.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And then Ohr, even after Steele has been discredited and disgraced, starts working with him.
    — Fox News, 19 Aug. 2018
  • The Nashville Statement, then, sounds like the death rattle of a movement that has disgraced itself.
    — Sarah Jones, New Republic, 5 Sep. 2017
  • French Premier Pierre Mendes-France disgraced himself at home by drinking milk on the air.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Numerous celebrities, sports stars and politicians have been publicly disgraced after appearing to try to dodge the draft.
    — Eun-Young Jeong, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
  • The single biggest take away is that the leadership under Jim Comey was disgraced by this report.
    — Fox News, 17 June 2018
  • Despite the rhetoric from his administration, the truth is Biden chose defeat and disgrace in Afghanistan.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 31 Aug. 2021
  • As sheriff of deep-red Maricopa County, Arpaio disgraced himself time and again.
    — Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 11 Jan. 2018
  • The man was a cherubic young pastor whose self-worth issues and deep belief in his interpretation of Scripture led to disgrace.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Or a cautionary tale, a mimic man whom Western letters seduced, then rejected and disgraced?
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Why are adults so comfortable publicly disgracing Black teenage girls going to their prom and being cruel toward strangers who are sometimes half their age?
    — Essence, 11 May 2026
  • But this one swallowed his pride, and whispered flattery to his abuser, like Wormtongue in another kingdom, and praised the wisdom of the man who disgraced him.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Every time the president disgraces himself or outrages the nation, Democrats run to the cameras to register their disgust.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 17 June 2019
  • As a leading public figure with the capacity either to inspire (à la Einstein) or to disgrace (à la Roth)?
    — New York Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The serial liar has disgraced the House of Representatives and has deceived the public.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • All five have been disgraced since 2012, either imprisoned for corruption and abuse of power or faced with similar charges.
    — Didi Kirsten Tatlow, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2016

disgrace

2 of 2 noun
  • She was forced to leave in disgrace.
  • Many feel that the mayor has brought disgrace upon the town.
  • The health-care system is a national disgrace.
  • His table manners are a disgrace.
  • The secret was protected out of a fear of political disgrace.
  • What a disgrace not to plan better.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The entire team is just a disgrace.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • If so, the shame and disgrace will rest with the accusers, not the accused.
    — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • What is a disgrace is a guest who presumes to scold, much less kick, the other guests.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The way our votes were taken away is a disgrace to our Nation.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Tonight’s State of the Union address is set to be a disgrace.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Now Mythoclast is here and the iconic weapon is a disgrace to its name.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 31 May 2021
  • Plants are dying all over the park, and Palm Canyon is a disgrace.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2023
  • Snyder’s tenure was marked by failure on the field and disgrace off of it.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • In my mind, that’s the national disgrace.
    — Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017
  • Had all those court cases and public disgraces dampened his hubris?
    — Maer Roshan, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
  • This woman is a disgrace, and it shouldn’t be allowed to happen in our country.
    — Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2023
  • My father-in-law has said plenty of times how tattoos are tacky, a disgrace and ugly.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
  • When a man was unfaithful, the disgrace of it was somehow with the woman who’d failed to hang on to him.
    — Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 26 July 2021
  • But his path to greatness was marred by disgrace and controversy.
    — Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Acosta later had to resign in disgrace.
    — NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
  • This cover-up is a disgrace to Epstein’s victims.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The disgrace and anger over the outcome and treaty terms would give way to the rage and hatred that became Nazism.
    — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This person has brought shame and disgrace to the badge and to an honorable profession.
    — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • If desiring a man was a distraction at best and a disgrace at worst for decades, then when were you meant to learn about men?
    — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Bragg is a disgrace, the biggest threat to law and order in Manhattan in decades.
    — The Editors, National Review, 12 July 2022
  • Boris Johnson's term as British leader was a mix of high drama and low disgrace.
    — Jill Lawless, ajc, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Smooth low-speed progress isn't easy, and since the car turns the head of every pedestrian, stalling will bring public disgrace.
    — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 4 Feb. 2022
  • His critics might say such language is a disgrace to the presidency.
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2026
  • While the manner of our departure was a disgrace, the 20-year war on terror was not.
    — WSJ, 17 Sep. 2021

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