ungracious

Example Sentences

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But instead of asking, Ed makes a unilateral decision, conveyed by his wife, and we are forced to comply or seem ungracious and risk offending them.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2023

“It is the Brazilian culture when a goal is scored. That’s how we do things,” Tite said of his team’s on-field danceathons, which critics have charged were ungracious.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2022

James Corden has admitted he was "ungracious" to a restaurant server in an incident which saw him temporarily banned from New York eatery Balthazar.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022

Yet both families have young children who seemed to get along, and it would be ungracious to refuse a long weekend in the countryside.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

She didn’t want to be there, and like an ungracious host, it wanted her out.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray