Sentence examples for do ignoble from inspiring English sources

He believes Coulson was right to allow his reporters to invade privacy in order to nail wrongdoers: "Investigative journalism is a noble profession but we have to do ignoble things".

And there have also been men of great compassion who led noble fights while still doing ignoble things in their private lives.

"No," he laughs, "Anyone who loves anything, you can never rise to the expectations you would like to, but you can hope that you don't ignoble the great tradition.

Finally, we need to ask: If companies that use software exploits to compromise targets in the public interest come to learn that other, less savory individuals are using the same exploits for ignoble purposes, do they have an obligation to disclose the problem?

The Mets did end one ignoble streak when Daniel Murphy and David Wright delivered consecutive run-scoring hits in the fifth.

Ask yourself: Why do I think that having more money is ignoble?

It was considered an ignoble thing for a classical actor to do.

In examining why Abbott was such a prime target for comedy, Micallef places the blame on all the "ignoble, inglorious, annoying things you have to do to appear to be a reasonable bloke or person in Australian politics".

Surely the Giants and Jets, in their ignoble pursuit of every last marketing dollar, do not need to affront their fans, many of whom lost family members in the Holocaust, by placing the Allianz name on their stadium.

Yet, from the detritus of shame that left a familiar stench in this rough-and-tumble town, an ignoble verity of the fight game prevailed: do not bet against the house favourite.

Others have been in the news for both noble and ignoble actions: Bobby Jr. has done and continues to do important environmental work; Michael Kennedy had an affair with the family's teenage baby sitter.