How to Use ignominious in a Sentence

ignominious

adjective
  • His soundtrack for the ignominious walk back to the dugout was an encore of boos.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2017
  • Casey joins an ignominious list of the best coaches to ever be fired.
    — Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 May 2018
  • That was ignominious, but what came next for Saddam was far worse.
    — Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register, 9 Apr. 2017
  • In the ignominious manner of his death, many great artists have succumbed to drugs.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • But that romance — which was beloved by millions of fans — had an ignominious start.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 15 Dec. 2025
  • For the legendary trainer, this will be a comedown of the most ignominious stripe.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes, 3 June 2021
  • The Wizards hold the ignominious record of six in a row scuttled.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2021
  • On the other hand, the places aren’t ignominious dives, either.
    — Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Adie’s body was hastily buried along the shores of the country of Fife, in an ignominious spot.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Egregious as these mistakes were, far more ignominious was the response to them.
    — Varad Mehta, National Review, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The city also has the ignominious status as one of the poorest in the country.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The ignominious milestone comes during a year that has already seen more flames than ever in the state.
    — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • If the section head boss doesn’t think much of you, your firm or your offer, then the deal dies a quiet ignominious death right there.
    — Greg Story, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But added together, there are enough to put the Orioles on an ignominious pace.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 30 June 2018
  • Yet, the emerging railroad town beat the state capital in an ignominious race, the first to have a bank robbery.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Exposing some of the more ignominious chapters of the past can be a fraught enterprise.
    — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, 18 Feb. 2022
  • What was seen as the injustice of her ignominious end on the gallows was at least one factor of many that propelled a move to war.
    — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026
  • Hugh Freeze returns to Oxford as a head coach for the first time since his ignominious exit.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Yet the specter of that ignominious effort looms over the Hawks, who moved beyond the loss but haven’t forgotten it.
    — Jimmy Greenfield, chicagotribune.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • An ignominious ending loomed for a proud coach who has spent 36 years in the profession viewing the glass half-full.
    — David Haugh, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • Yes, there is a long and ignominious list of British players who thrived in England but struggled abroad.
    — SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The Avalanche now has pulled off the especially ignominious feat of being the worst team in the league, hands down, while at the cap.
    — Terry Frei, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2017
  • Race favorite Taj Mahal’s career is by no means over as a result of his ignominious fade to tenth.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The par-5 18th hole brought a most ignominious ending when Bland’s third shot plunked into the pond fronting the green.
    — New York Times, 19 June 2021
  • Over the past three weeks Hyde had been consumed with ending his team’s ignominious losing streak, which had reached 19 games.
    — James Wagner, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Chiefs coach Andy Reid no longer carries around the heavy and ignominious tag of best coach never to win a championship.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Chiefs coach Andy Reid no longer carries around the heavy and ignominious tag of best coach never to win a championship.
    — Dave Skretta, orlandosentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • But after a quick reference to the fallen, and to the ignominious end of two decades of war, the first of the six boxing matches started.
    — Mario Ariza, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2021
  • The United States has a long and ignominious history of using the weapons.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • On Thursday, Díaz's Braves tenure came to an ignominious end.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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