Sentence examples for of dubious distinction from inspiring English sources

Hellman's play concerns criminal greed in a Southern family of dubious distinction.

My love affair with postcards of dubious distinction began about a quarter-century ago.

However, Mr. Wallace would not be the first person of dubious distinction to have a street named in his honor.

It is the kind of dubious distinction often meted out to a jazz musician trying to adapt a classical repertory.

The winner of this dubious distinction was, of course, Barton's The Jefferson Lies.

Acorn officials said they decided to send testers out in the spring and fall of 2003 in part because of that dubious distinction, but also because their members had long shared tales of housing discrimination on the Island.

"God, tell me about it," says Helen, a Sumatra Road resident, when I inform her of this dubious distinction.

One member of the Cardinals (3-11) also enjoyed a milestone day, although it's something of a dubious distinction.

By late last month, the Democratic Republic of Congo held the dubious distinction of being one of the five least-funded humanitarian response plans of 2018, far behind crisis zones like Yemen and Iraq.

USILAMPATTI, INDIA — Back in the 1980s, this rural patch of the southern state of Tamil Nadu had the dubious distinction of the worst reputation for "gendercide," or murder of unwanted baby girls, in India.

V Valencia of Spain has the dubious distinction of appearing in consecutive finals (1999-2000 and 2000-1) and losing both.