ungracious
Example Sentences
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While Osaka lost to Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko in the final, then drew criticism for seemingly being ungracious in defeat, she has carried the momentum into the US Open.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025
“I made a rude comment, and it was wrong. It was an unnecessary comment. It was ungracious to the server.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
If Close gradually became more interesting as a public commentator on his art than as a producer of reliably compelling new work, it feels ungracious to fault him for it.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2021
Indeed, while the first Adams may have been ungracious by skipping Jefferson's inauguration, he did something of tremendous historical consequence by handing over power at all.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2021
She entered the room with an air more than usually ungracious, made no other reply to Elizabeth’s salutation than a slight inclination of the head, and sat down without saying a word.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
