Example Sentences

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Judge Buchanan said everyone recognised the impact of Buchan's actions and his "disgracefully" high speed.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Alas, the blinkered SFO board has disgracefully not supported Salonen’s transformative vision.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

My fear is that we will all throw up our hands and sit around blaming the court, rather than actually working to overhaul a disgracefully unequal education system.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

Those who actively worked for Germany crossed the line into subversion and treason, but even mainstream proponents of isolationism showed a tolerant understanding for fascism that, decades later, seems either shockingly naïve or disgracefully callous.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2023

He added that he would endeavour to buy the plunder they had so disgracefully brought away, and transmit the whole, or such as he could obtain, to her ladyship.

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