Sentence examples for distasteful acts from inspiring English sources

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

It is frightening to think that our vaunted ability to subdue emotional urges through the force of intellect and conscience (allowing us to defer gratification and resist temptation) also allowed Nazi guards to overcome their visceral horror at what they were doing and to persevere with distasteful acts that they thought served a higher purpose.

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.

Nevertheless, I have constructed a kind of autobiography, Doodaaa; The Balletic Art of Gavin Twinge, which I wrote about someone else, my alter ego, Gavin Twinge, while I, the writer, am somebody else too, distancing myself from the subject, and even the distasteful act of writing.

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?

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

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.