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noun

disgrace

CEFR B2

a state of dishonor

In a sentence

Six example sentences with disgrace, each labelled with its topic.

  • The minister resigned in disgrace after auditors found that his department had hidden the overspending for years.

    Politics

  • The film follows a champion swimmer's fall into disgrace and the slow, unglamorous work of earning trust again.

    Movies

  • Homer's warriors fear disgrace before their comrades far more than they fear the enemy's spears.

    Literature

  • The chief executive left in disgrace after auditors traced the missing funds to his own accounts.

    Business

  • The point shaving scandal left the program in disgrace, and the banners came down from the rafters.

    Basketball

  • The researcher's fabricated data brought disgrace on the whole lab, and three papers were retracted.

    Science

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