His latest defeat was an ignominious end to his career. From LearnThat.org.
Senators, matrons, and philosophers, expired in ignominious and cruel tortures. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Many rulings of this same court might well qualify for the tag ignominious if it's history we be reviewing. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
His wife and infant son were detained by the Romans in ignominious captivity; and this domestic misfortune tarnished the glories of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Ash Wednesday recalls our ignominious, earthly origins, Easter looks forward to our eternity. From Wordnik.com. [Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog:] Reference
Joseph in ignominious chains is laid. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Joseph: A Poem] Reference
Um, typing too fast for my old brain ... make that 'ignominious'. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
He had certainly written "ignominious," -- that was what his informants had suggested. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation] Reference
A sudden uprising of the city forced the Empress to "ignominious" flight, leaving her baggage behind. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)] Reference
Furthermore, crucifixion was the worst kind of ignominious death, reserved for the lowest, most despicable criminals. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
The doubtful word "ignominious" seemed to stand out of the paragraph before him; it certainly WAS a strong expression!. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation] Reference
"ignominious," but he records in the same sentence his own judgment that. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216)] Reference
The valor of ignorance will involve him in ignominious defeat. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
The fall of Konduz early in the week was even more ignominious. From Wordnik.com. [You Call This An Army?] Reference
After an ignominious incident Casson finds himself demobilized. From Wordnik.com. [Furst-Rate Novelist] Reference
The ignominious captivity of the Egyptians, and the Ethiopians. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 27: Isaias The Challoner Revision] Reference
They have suffered an ignominious defeat at the hands of England. From Wordnik.com. [Saad Khan: Pakistan Cricket Maligned] Reference
Warmoth's star descended, and he went down to ignominious defeat. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
The committee got over that ignominious graduation day as well as possible. From Wordnik.com. [How Janice Day Won] Reference
And, as a final act, the ignominious departure of her disgraced predecessor. From Wordnik.com. [PEOPLE POWER II] Reference
That seems an ignominious legacy for those who perished there nine years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Gunther: A Great Design Would Help Park51 Transcend Cultural Borders] Reference
Kennedy connection: It was an ignominious end to a career that had seemed blessed. From Wordnik.com. [The Senator, The Sex Stories] Reference
To do so, it has cooked up a series of schemes, beginning with the ignominious Clipper Chip. From Wordnik.com. [Trying To Find The Key] Reference
All three years in L.A. Shaq has endured ignominious playoff flops, twice losing in 4-0 sweeps. From Wordnik.com. [Shaq In The Battle Again] Reference
He is the first in a line of ignominious South Korean leaders that extends, now, to the present. From Wordnik.com. [AN END OF INNOCENCE] Reference
Most of the protesters heeded the advice, but for Sumsak Lesumbhum (ph), 40, it was an ignominious end. From Wordnik.com. [Protest Leaders Surrender; Bangkok In Chaos] Reference
English, and Dutch quickly became close rivals for an ignominious primacy in the most heinous of crimes. From Wordnik.com. [Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings] Reference
Perhaps, too, he would be seized, tried, condemned and meet a felon's fate upon the ignominious scaffold!. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
The rout also brought to an ignominious end the CIA's five-year covert effort to overthrow Saddam (page 38). From Wordnik.com. [Raising The Stakes] Reference
I envisioned an ignominious dismissal, his finger pointing at disgraced Patrizia-San in front of the entire cast. From Wordnik.com. [Patrizia Chen: Sax and the City] Reference
The Giants wrapped up their ignominious season in Minnesota and a few days later, Bryan and Jessica flew to Utah. From Wordnik.com. [An Adopted Linebacker With an Unlikely Story] Reference
Don't get me wrong, New Jersey still gets some ignominious top-25 positions in the different air-quality categories. From Wordnik.com. [The Toxic Avenger takes on New Jersey] Reference
Similar waffling would lead to the ignominious U.S. retreat from Somalia and delay any response to the genocide in Rwanda. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Won’t Meet Everybody’s Expectations] Reference
Indy, the prohibitive Super Bowl favorite, was out, its most ignominious stumble in a string of postseason disappointments. From Wordnik.com. [Play it Again, NFL] Reference
What an ignominious end to your literary adventure is this -- and all because you were careless, or didn't know any better!. From Wordnik.com. [If You Don't Write Fiction] Reference
America's 9/11 galvanized the country into action; Spain's 3/11 provoked what can only be described as an ignominious retreat. From Wordnik.com. [Setting a Bad Example] Reference
Everybody felt nice-guy coach Tony Dungy got the shaft in Tampa after his team's ignominious playoff exit in Philly two seasons back. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: Tampa Will Repeat] Reference
Last week it premiered a lively new production of "Richard III," whose own "glorious summer" spirals into ignominious defeat and death. From Wordnik.com. [Substance, Style And Spirit] Reference
They had to make an ignominious retreat, but Balzac insisted that this really was the place and muttered maledictions on the old woman. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
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