Sentence examples for distasteful act from inspiring English sources

In his letter Mr Jackson wrote: "I feel that it is inappropriate for government ministers to be involved in such a distasteful act, which I am sure is a huge embarrassment to decent members of the Labour party and, more importantly, offensive and distressing to Dr Kelly's family and friends".

How can it possibly be an act of tenderness to engage in the distasteful act of disassociation from a close blood relation, especially a father who bestows name and lineage?

The I.C.C. proceedings are sure to reveal some distasteful acts that may damage T.N.A.'s shrink-wrapped reputation.

Comedian Margaret Cho, a prominent LGBT activist, went on a retweeting spree highlighting several distasteful acts from this year's parade.

After the champagne corks stopped popping, Philadelphia celebrated New Year's Day with an annual tradition ― one that has a long association with racist and distasteful acts.

Parliament mollified the recalcitrant colonists by repealing the distasteful Stamp Act, but it actually hardened its principle in the Declaratory Act by asserting its complete authority to make laws binding on the American colonies "in all cases whatsoever". This crisis focused attention on the unresolved question of Parliament's relationship to a growing empire.

I HATE clichés, and I find it especially distasteful when I act like one.

The judge called it a 'distasteful act'.

Florida is one of thirty states requiring that requests for contributions be made through a campaign committee — removing judicial candidates, if only by degrees, from the distasteful and possibly compromising act of putting their palms out.

Florida is one of thirty states requiring that requests for contributions be made through a campaign committee removing judicial candidates, if only by degrees, from the distasteful and possibly compromising act of putting their palms out.

His Christmas 2016 vacation to the Aga Khan's private Caribbean island breached sections of the Conflict of Interest Act, which is distasteful but not actually criminal.