Example Sentences

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And, I mean, I concede it’s come down a lot because these people have disgraced the institution so much.

From Slate • May 23, 2024

“You have disgraced yourselves again,” Yeats famously told the rioters.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2016

“These two officers have disgraced themselves, they disgraced this badge, they disgraced their oaths of office,” Beck said.

From Washington Times • Feb. 18, 2016

“My actions have disgraced me, my family and my friends, and especially the New York City Police Department, who I consider family.”

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2012

“You have disgraced the family name. Out of this house!”

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez