How to Use ignominious in a Sentence

ignominious

adjective

• The Wizards hold the ignominious record of six in a row scuttled.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2021
• The city also has the ignominious status as one of the poorest in the country.
  — Vince Guerrieri, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2019
• Adie’s body was hastily buried along the shores of the country of Fife, in an ignominious spot.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 3 Sep. 2019
• His soundtrack for the ignominious walk back to the dugout was an encore of boos.
  — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 28 July 2017
• 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
• The damage to the Nord Stream pipelines may spell an ignominious end for the 25-year project, at least for the near future.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• The last Power 5 school to achieve that ignominious feat was ...
  — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 24 Sep. 2022
• 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
• For the legendary trainer, this will be a comedown of the most ignominious stripe.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes, 3 June 2021
• On the other hand, the places aren’t ignominious dives, either.
  — Joe Leydon, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
• Casey joins an ignominious list of the best coaches to ever be fired.
  — Chris Chase, For The Win, 11 May 2018
• For much of the season, the Spurs have endured the ignominious distinction of being one of the worst free-throw shooting teams in the NBA.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Dec. 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
• The hangar shouldn’t have suffered such an ignominious end.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The attack marked the most gruesome and ignominious moment yet in the endgame of America’s 20-year war in Afghanistan.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 27 Aug. 2021
• The United States has a long and ignominious history of using the weapons.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
• From its inception in 2001 to its ignominious end, the U.S. war in Afghanistan has been defined by lies.
  — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 16 Aug. 2021
• 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 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
• 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
• The ruling came to be regarded as one of the most ignominious in the Supreme Court’s history.
  — Glenn Rifkin, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2020
• Hugh Freeze returns to Oxford as a head coach for the first time since his ignominious exit.
  — John Talty | [e-mail], al, 31 Oct. 2021
• That was ignominious, but what came next for Saddam was far worse.
  — Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register, 9 Apr. 2017
• 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
• 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
• That average inched up to 6.3 points per first half (38 first-half points in the past six games), but that number is ignominious.
  — Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• Yes, there is a long and ignominious list of British players who thrived in England but struggled abroad.
  — SI.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• The final note on his outing – a 113.6 mph double from Bryce Harper — was as ignominious as the rest.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
• Chiefs coach Andy Reid no longer carries around the heavy and ignominious tag of best coach never to win a championship.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 10 Sep. 2020
• But added together, there are enough to put the Orioles on an ignominious pace.
  — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 30 June 2018

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