DISGRACE in a Sentence
Learn DISGRACE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
138 example sentences for DISGRACE, such as:
1. Poverty is a pain, but no disgrace.
2. Those cottages are really a disgrace.
3. No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
4. The divorce was a disgrace to the royal family.
5. Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family.
2. Those cottages are really a disgrace.
3. No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
4. The divorce was a disgrace to the royal family.
5. Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family.
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Meanings and Examples of DISGRACE
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disgrace
n. a state of dishonor
v. damage the reputation of
Classic Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
1 Such a marriage he regarded as no marriage at all, but as a shame and a disgrace.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
2 It was even harder than he could have believed possible, to separate in his own conscience his abandonment by all his fellows from a baseless sense of shame and disgrace.
3 Those cottages are really a disgrace.
4 That punishment, the public punishment of disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence is, we know, not one of the barriers which society gives to virtue.
5 They'll all know what a clever fellow he was; he'll show it himself, and not disgrace his old pals and teachers.
6 It reflects disgrace on no one living, except you who use it.
7 No; he would never disgrace his name so far.
8 Public disgrace I might have faced, although I am a man whose character has never yet borne a stain.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Context Highlight In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
9 That was our first drama at Hurlstone; but a second one came to drive it from our minds, and it was prefaced by the disgrace and dismissal of butler Brunton.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
10 However, as you have been a long time in the family, I have no wish to bring public disgrace upon you.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
11 I made no allusion to what had passed, and waited with some curiosity to see how he would cover his disgrace.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
12 It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
Context Highlight In X. The Adventure of The Greek Interpreter
13 I was spared the disgrace of appearing publicly as a criminal, as the case was not brought before the court that decides on life and death.
14 Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows.
15 The witnesses of Hester Prynne's disgrace had not yet passed beyond their simplicity.
Example Sentence: (21 in 2 pages)
1 Smith faced total public disgrace after the incident.
2 No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
3 Poverty is not a sufficient cause for disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself, is a disgrace.
4 You will bring disgrace on yourself by doing this.
5 The divorce was a disgrace to the royal family.
6 Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family.
7 Poverty is a pain, but no disgrace.
8 Poverty is not a disgrace, but theft is a disgrace.
9 Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
10 Not to appear to disgrace his family, to degenerate from the popular qualities, or lose the influence.
11 You're a disgrace boy! Sleeping in a cupboard, eating frozen chicken and massacring a sausage roll on bed!
12 A maverick in war and politics, Israel's Ariel Sharon reshaped the Middle East in a career marked by adventurism and disgrace, dramatic reversals and stunning rebounds.
13 When one player behaves disgracefully, it reflects on the whole team.
14 He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.
15 This newspaper article is a disgraceful intrusion into my private life.