Sentence examples for rather disgraceful from inspiring English sources

Theatre in Portugal is afflicted by some major and rather disgraceful shortcomings, not least the almost total exclusion of the country's sizable African communities.

Sands described the delay as "rather disgraceful", and said publication of the report should now be delayed until after the election, to avoid it being used as a political tool.

One time I'd played there and had stayed up for so long and taken so many drugs that I ended up doing something rather disgraceful.

I find it tragic, rather than disgraceful".

Rather than owning up to its disgraceful past in Rwanda, successive French governments have always — until now — preferred to accuse Rwanda's post-genocide government of having instigated the genocide, when in reality it brought it to a halt.

"It was disgraceful to speak of regret rather than to apologise," Beckles said.

But rather than spend £278m to remedy this disgraceful situation, there is a cheaper solution which is in tune with the government's austerity programme.

Elton John has called secondary ticketers "disgraceful", and said "I'd rather have empty seats" than have fans pay over the odds through resale sites.

A disgrace, certainly, but also a disgraceful reality.

Chisora's promoter, Frank Warren, claimed the blame for the disgraceful scenes in Munich should be shared rather than dumped solely at the door of his fighter.

"I'd rather watch dog turd turn white than watch @abc730 and @leighsales – disgraceful 'journalism'," tweeted one.