ignominious

Example Sentences

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Tesla stock is trying to stop an ignominious streak on Friday.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

The ignominious honor for highest sugar level goes to the large caramel crème frozen coffee, which features a whopping 172 grams, 160 of them non-naturally-occurring sweeteners.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2026

Their ignominious falls from grace are clear in the documentaries they feature in, from the glint of their handcuffs to the colour of their prison uniforms.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025

Despite the ignominious end to his career, Diggs spent many years as a stellar legislator who became, as his biographer Marion Orr writes, “the most powerful Black politician on Capitol Hill.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

Not an ignominious death then, in the foul breath of hyenas or even at the teeth of the common lion.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks