Sentence examples for ignominious by from inspiring English sources

"The kinds of super-bright, hardworking geeky people who, 50 years ago, would have been building moon rockets or hydrogen bombs or what have you have ended up working in the computer industry, doing jobs that in many cases seem kind of ignominious by comparison".

No, not LeBron James, whose team may be headed to an ignominious sweep by the San Antonio Spurs.

Villas-Boas insists he has nothing to prove after his ignominious dismissal by Chelsea but argues that his new team can win the title.

Selig did not want the used ball back, and the Cardinals certainly did not want it as a reminder of their ignominious sweep by the Red Sox.

He brought the Julio-Claudian dynasty to an ignominious end by being the first emperor to suffer damnatio memoriae his reign was officially stricken from the record by order of the Senate.

He started his Celtic career in ignominious style by passing straight to Morton's Gary Oliver, back in the side along with Frank Ross and Scott Tiffoney, but Oliver was crowded out for a corner that Celtic defended successfully.

The aftereffect of the Steelers' ignominious defeat by a score of 16-9 clung to Mr. Richichi on Monday, when he rejected his regular breakfast of yogurt and strawberries in favor of a bagel sandwich with sausage, eggs, cheese, peppers and hot sauce.

Paul Rees Wallaby Pocock arrested at mining protest Rugby fans mark memory of Phillip Hughes South Africa went into this tour with high hopes after their win over New Zealand, but they suffered an ignominious defeat by Ireland, secured two nondescript wins, then ended on a miserable note — defeat by Wales and, worse still, the sickening injury suffered by their captain, Jean de Villiers.

This may have been a one-off game which on the face of it mattered little but it was a fine win for a developing England team and allows the new coaching regime headed by Peter Moores to claim two wins in their three series against India – and means they have at least avoided losing five out of six for the summer, after the ignominious whitewash by Sri Lanka back in the spring.

England were thrashed in all three series in Australia in the winter and suffered an ignominious defeat by the Netherlands at the World Twenty20 in what proved to be Giles's last game in charge.

As an example, one officer who allowed his boats crew to plunder a fishing boat was placed before a court martial and it was ordered that he be "degraded from the rank of Midshipman in the most ignominious manner by having his uniform stripped from his back on the quarter deck of the (ship unknown)[sic].