ignominious

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Judge, at the plate as the tying run in the bottom of the ninth, struck out to seal the ignominious defeat.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Zahawi called his mistakes careless, but it brought his ministerial career to an ignominious end.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Every year, Amicus co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern invite listeners to nominate the Supreme Court’s most egregious behavior, then choose their own “worst of the worst” to memorialize the most ignominious moments.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

If I hadn’t failed that IQ test I wouldn’t be reduced to this ignominious task with its attendant emotional by-products.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick