Example Sentences

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Push beyond one’s abilities in a war, Clausewitz said, and “instead of gaining new advantages, one will disgrace oneself.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022

Not only will he disgrace himself but he will disgrace the World . . . and his succeeding Alexander Woollcott will be a joke.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, I will, and I never will disgrace it.

From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon

You forget that Dent does not think he will disgrace the family.

From The Mettle of the Pasture by Allen, James Lane

S: Who it is to whom there shall come a punishment which will disgrace him and to whom will be due a lasting punishment.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf