Sentence examples for a sorry spectacle from inspiring English sources

Johnson feared he would be a "sorry spectacle" before these gigs began; a stricken, pitiful casualty.

At one point the cavalry regiment saluted, but it was a sorry spectacle of sloppy salutes.

It was a sorry spectacle, scarcely improved by the celebratory reactions of some of his critics.

At a time when the threat to the crown had never been greater, the monarchy itself presented a sorry spectacle.

But that would present to the electorate a sorry spectacle of an end-of-term government in hock to the opposition.

You don't want to be tapping your toes to a sorry spectacle of justice miscarried, particularly one that ends in a lynching.

The questioning of Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger by a parliamentary committee on Tuesday was a rather sorry spectacle from a press freedom perspective, but it was also a forum for some questions that defied belief.

Mort Zuckerman's recent opinion piece in the Financial Times, "Obama needs to stop baiting business," is a tawdry, sorry spectacle.

All and all, a pretty sorry spectacle, and the way they treated folks who'd served them loyally over the years was pretty shabby, which I suppose is to be expected from any corporate entity, but nonetheless lame.

Rachel is a lush, decanting vodka tonics into a plastic beaker for boozing on the move, and Blunt presents a gaunt and sorry spectacle, with flaking lips, unfocussed gaze, and rosy nose.

Mistry, an Indian-born Canadian, issued a statement decrying the "sorry spectacle of book-burning and book-banning", adding: "Mumbai University has come perilously close to institutionalising the ugly notion of self-censorship".