Sentence examples for ignominious ends from inspiring English sources
The historical record shows that despotic heads of state with exotic-car fetishes generally meet ignominious ends.
Aside from their megalomania, fondness for brutality and (frequently) ignominious ends, dictators unwaveringly seem to share a taste in possessions and interior decor that might best be described as exuberant.
Aircraft are here from many other companies that are struggling through bankruptcy or met ignominious ends: Air Canada, the single largest customer here, with 29 planes; Hawaiian Airlines, whose DC-9's have been bought by an engine broker in Florida; and Swissair, now defunct, its distinctive white cross on a red field still painted on the tailfins of MD-11 jets.
He met an ignominious end.
It's an ignominious end to a stellar career.
Surely being sold off on eBay is an ignominious end?
A leading Iraqi officer met an ignominious end.
It was an ignominious ending for a revolution.
Mr. Somare now faces the prospect of an ignominious end to his career.
The ruling brings the band's history to an ignominious end.
The sentencing of Mr. Chiasson caps an ignominious end to a high-flying Wall Street career.
