ignominiously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In 1938, voters ousted the ignominiously corrupt Frank Shaw, electing reformer Fletcher Bowron in his place.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2025
While Schmidt's six-year tenure with Ireland ended ignominiously with that 2019 quarter-final defeat, he laid the foundations for Ireland's success under Farrell, winning the Grand Slam in 2018 before claiming a series win in Australia.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023
The conflict ended ignominiously for Italy at the 1896 Battle of Adwa, when its troops encountered a much larger Ethiopian force.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Nixon was on the ropes in the summer of 1974 and it wasn't long before he ignominiously resigned from office.
From Salon • Jul. 8, 2022
He saw that a policy of sneering and bullying persuasion to aid him would fail ignominiously.
From An Oregon Girl A Tale of American Life in the New West by Rice, Alfred Ernest
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