His grades were disgracefully low. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Another nod to my second childhood and my desire to grow old disgracefully is Captain Scarlet. From Wordnik.com. [I'm crawling around inside my head, but the clogged pipe is out of reach] Reference
The government had failed "disgracefully" in its obligation to provide effective treatment to HIV-positive South Africans. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He said the government had treated Remploy workers "disgracefully" and let them down. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
"disgracefully" in the past, but added that De Vries was new in office. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I'm stinking rich, you know -- disgracefully rich. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
"Perfectly disgracefully shabby," put in Fairy quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence Says So] Reference
"You have behaved disgracefully, cruelly," she said unsteadily. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers] Reference
You admit that she borrows disgracefully and never returns things. From Wordnik.com. [Beatrice Leigh at College A Story for Girls] Reference
'Of course you know that you have behaved disgracefully?' she said. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
"Well, if ever I heard such a disgracefully conceited speech!" says. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
During the remainder of the afternoon Saurin behaved disgracefully. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
"I don't want to," says Mr. Monkton, still disgracefully frivolous. From Wordnik.com. [April's Lady A Novel] Reference
Late art thou discreet, then formerly leaving thine home disgracefully. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
The party did not break up till "disgracefully late," as Mr. Chase put it. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
An evil return, seeing, forsooth, thou hast disgracefully set out from home. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
But the old man behaves himself disgracefully, beating everyone in his cups. From Wordnik.com. [Authors of Greece] Reference
Their salaries which, in too many cases, were disgracefully low, have been raised. From Wordnik.com. [Women and War Work] Reference
It would have given no joy to Hrethel to see his second son killed disgracefully as. From Wordnik.com. [Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race] Reference
"Maybe a mistrial should be declared because it's become so disgracefully partisan.". From Wordnik.com. [Will Race Taint The Jury Pool?] Reference
Now the American Government "has disgracefully and ignominiously failed" at all points. From Wordnik.com. [Great Britain and the American Civil War] Reference
The battle would have been won if our soldiers had not disgracefully taken to their heels. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
After dining out and coming home in a dress-coat and boots, which are disgracefully tight!. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 23, 1891] Reference
"Oh, how could you be so disgracefully cruel?" she said, with her face full of indignation. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875] Reference
Captain Treat, who commanded it, retired disgracefully, leaving a wounded man on the ground. From Wordnik.com. [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference
If I yielded to the impulse that is always with me, I-- I'd coquette with you, disgracefully. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
William, disgracefully emotional as he was at the moment, flung out his arms to recall the shameful words. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
It was our fate then, our fate, falling into the hands of an enemy, to leave life disgracefully and miserably. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.] Reference
Your mother has been treated disgracefully, although the bank insists that everyone followed normal procedures. From Wordnik.com. [My mother can't pay nursing care bill because bank lost cheque] Reference
When the party finally gathered for breakfast in the hotel dining room on this morning, it was disgracefully late. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: and there was no peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: when there was no peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 28: Jeremias The Challoner Revision] Reference
"Then you do not know, my friends, that we were disgracefully defeated and trampled under foot in yesterday's battle?". From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Her face, which was disgracefully dirty, bore doubt and dismay on it, but whether she brought good news it would not tell. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
There is no complaint by the privates of insult or ill-treatment, formerly disgracefully common from their white comrades. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens] Reference
Vandals did not withstand them, but breaking their ranks and never thinking of resistance, they were all disgracefully destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War] Reference
People forgot that his father had failed very disgracefully, and only remembered that Bertie had once been in a much better position. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
But as something was the matter with her engines, which coughed and wheezed most disgracefully, the flippant Americans had rechristened her the. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
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