Disgraceful

Examples

• The capture was a disgraceful one to the officer commanding but not to the troops under him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Oh, you disgraceful old chap! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I look upon you, sir, as a man who has placed himself beyond the pale of society, by his most audacious, disgraceful, and abominable public conduct. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is disgraceful to us if it does. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• As he loved his cousin, however, there was an excellent explanation why he should retain her secret--the more so as the secret was a disgraceful one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Yes, he said, that is still more disgraceful. Plato. The Republic.
• A disgraceful imposition,' observed the old lady. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is disgraceful to the electors. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It's disgraceful, she said. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It would be very disgraceful to me to tell you this, if I was a living woman when you read it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The children are disgraceful. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Is not that still more disgraceful? Plato. The Republic.
• Her disgraceful garments were removed, and some of Rachael's were in the room. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I feel myself bound, seeing so many blackguards against you, to stand by you, as long as you choose to keep me in this very disgraceful situation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The scene was indeed disgraceful to humanity and I was very much affected by it; but how could I help it? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• In the conduct of my newspaper I carefully excluded all libelling and personal abuse, which is of late years become so disgraceful to our country. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Ugh, you disgraceful boy! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• But what can show a more disgraceful state of education than to have to go abroad for justice because you have none of your own at home? Plato. The Republic.
• Now, Thomasin, she said sternly, what's the meaning of this disgraceful performance? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Yes, sir, I have, but the shock of this disgraceful exposure has bewildered me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I said, Sir, that of all the disgraceful and rascally proceedings that ever were attempted, this is the most so. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I said it was a mean, disgraceful fraud. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• As his old friend, I promise you that he shall not break out to-morrow in the same disgraceful manner in which he has broken out to-day. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I'M disgraceful. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Meg says my punchtuation and spelling are disgraceful and I am mortyfied but dear me I have so many things to do, I can't stop. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• You are making a most disgraceful connection, and such a one as your family are unanimous in disapproving. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• It is very disgraceful, but it is not the less true, that I had another attack of the detective-fever, when he said those last words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She asked many questions and seemed to think it was somewhat disgraceful that I was with the Italians. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• In what a disgraceful light might it not strike so vain a man! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• That is what is generally done when there is anything disgraceful in a family. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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