Example sentences for: ignominious

How can you use “ignominious” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In another Indian editorial, the Times of India said that while "Pakistan's fifth attempt at aggression against India" has ended, like all previous ones, "in ignominious defeat," its leaders are "in the process of trying to proclaim victory once again."

  • Fortunately these linguistic snares land us in trouble only for a brief moment, ignominious as that moment may occasionally be.

  • The Arab states that arose were uninspiring monarchies or autocracies, and Nasser's grand dream of a united pan-Arab state that included Palestine came crashing down with the Arabs' ignominious defeat in the 1967 Six Day War.

  • Perhaps imagining the tabloid coverage of such an ignominious demise, Affleck recovered without incident.

  • Mostly, though, I will think about six lives and six ignominious ends.


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