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

Castigating himself after the fact for his “huge sense of entitlement,” Corden wrote, “I can see why and how it must have looked — ungracious, ungrateful and brattish.”

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

She worries — without making any accusations — that the newly implemented rules, and their announcement, were ungracious.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2022

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