How to Use disgraceful in a Sentence

disgraceful

adjective
  • And, yes, this did ease the pain of that disgraceful past a bit.
    — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2020
  • What kids are wearing to school these days would have been disgraceful in my day.
    — Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
  • What happened on @united was disgraceful and doesn’t need to happen again.
    — Don Sweeney, sacbee, 15 Mar. 2018
  • To be ill in public was disgraceful, an affront.
    — Tom Levenson, Time, 20 May 2026
  • Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.
    — Heather Hunter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Who wants to buy a Jaguar after looking at that disgraceful ad.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
  • What is disgraceful is that Pelosi would play the race card to protect her power.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
  • The workers at the Capitol cleaned up a disgraceful mess that day.
    — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
  • This has been a disgraceful display of politics at its worst.
    — Fox News, 27 Sep. 2018
  • Considered from any angle, this was a disgraceful thing to say.
    — The Editors, National Review, 19 June 2024
  • Considered from any angle, this was a disgraceful thing to say.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 21 June 2024
  • This is disgraceful and immoral.
    — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • First, there is our government’s disgraceful pull-out from Afghanistan.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 11 Sep. 2021
  • Democrats want to close this disgraceful school chapter, but parents aren’t nearly so willing to move on.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The truth is that while everyone agrees that our tax system is a disgraceful mess, that’s about where the agreement ends.
    — Alan S. Blinder, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
  • The network said in a statement that Knowles’ comment was disgraceful.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Regardless of how disgraceful things are.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • This is a disgraceful way to celebrate our freedom heritage.
    — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • There were wild tackles, wilder dives and a disgraceful moment of play-acting from Quaresma.
    — Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 25 June 2018
  • At a time when world politics are in a disgraceful state, how should a civilized adult comport himself?
    — Vogue, 23 Jan. 2019
  • This reign of terror on America is disgraceful.
    — Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The whole thing has been a disgraceful boondoggle, even by government standards.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • And the apology, aftermath, all of it was disgraceful.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • To add insult to injury, the notice mailed to water customers is disgraceful for its lack of transparency.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • His penalty, which proved decisive, was taken in a cool fashion amid disgraceful racist chanting from the Cagliari fans.
    — SI.com, 1 Sep. 2019
  • According to Davis, parents in the Facebook group where the screenshot was shared said the poster was disgraceful.
    — Laura Anaya-Morga, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The disgraceful handling of Tagovailoa shows that isn’t really the case.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Maradona was subject to disgraceful physical treatment and still won the match, well, single-handedly.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • With the World Cup less than six months away, even the suggestion the women are being short-changed will be seen as petty and disgraceful.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023

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