Random word

Dishonoured is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

Rare word

Dishonoured in a sentence

Related words

Dishonoured | Dishonour | Dishonouring

Dishonoured meaning

simple past and past participle of dishonour

Using Dishonoured

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of dishonour
  • In the example corpus, dishonoured often appears in combinations such as: were dishonoured, dishonoured the.

Context around Dishonoured

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

himself 1× alone 1× die 1× publicly 1×

Often after:

titus 1× thus 1× nearby 1× owing 1× roman 1×

Sentence patterns with Dishonoured

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and has dishonoured the blood 1× even die dishonoured and disgraced 1× has publicly dishonoured him he 1× modiji you dishonoured the blood 1× offered his dishonoured roman captives 1× sees himself dishonoured titus when 1× should be dishonoured 1× they were dishonoured owing to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

did i care 1× his strongest public 1× in william shakespeare 1× last month gandhi 1× modiji you dishonoured 1× parliament was inaugurated 1×

Common sentence endings:

account being dormant 1× blindfolded shrinate said 1× ll 340 341 1× of our soldiers 1× of vatican neutrality 1× our martyred soldiers 1×

Words around Dishonoured

Just before it in the word index:

dishonourably 4 dishonourable 8 dishonour 20 dishonors 3 dishonored 13 dishonorably 7

Just after it in the word index:

dishonouring 3 dishoom 4 dishpan 4 dishware 1 dishwasher 199 dishwashers 45

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Dishonoured

  • In this selection, "dishonoured" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, himself, alone, die, titus, thus and nearby stand out and add context to how "dishonoured" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and has dishonoured the blood and even die dishonoured and disgraced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dishonoured" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dishonoured

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Modiji you dishonoured the blood of our martyred soldiers. (9 words)

Parliament was inaugurated while women were dishonoured nearby and he remained blindfolded,” Shrinate said. (14 words)

Did I care for what is termed reputation, it is by other circumstances that I should be dishonoured. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

In William Shakespeare 's play King Lear (c. 1600), when the King learns that his daughter Regan has publicly dishonoured him, he says "They could not, would not do 't; 'tis worse than murder": a conventional attitude at that time. (40 words)

Subsequently, Titus cannot quite believe that Saturninus has chosen Tamora as his empress and again sees himself dishonoured; "Titus, when wert thou wont to walk alone,/Dishonoured thus and challeng'd of wrongs" (ll.340–341). (36 words)

He has come to the realization, too late to change things, that everything was done in vain, that everything has been pointless, that he will even die dishonoured and disgraced for his well-intentioned actions. (35 words)

Example sentences (11)

Subsequently, Titus cannot quite believe that Saturninus has chosen Tamora as his empress and again sees himself dishonoured; "Titus, when wert thou wont to walk alone,/Dishonoured thus and challeng'd of wrongs" (ll.340–341).

Parliament was inaugurated while women were dishonoured nearby and he remained blindfolded,” Shrinate said.

Thereafter, upon the completion of one year, when the aforesaid cheques were deposited, they were dishonoured owing to the account being dormant.

Last month, Gandhi trained guns at Modi stating that he has betrayed India, and has dishonoured the blood of our soldiers.

Modiji you dishonoured the blood of our martyred soldiers.

Did I care for what is termed reputation, it is by other circumstances that I should be dishonoured.

He has come to the realization, too late to change things, that everything was done in vain, that everything has been pointless, that he will even die dishonoured and disgraced for his well-intentioned actions.

His strongest public condemnation of genocide was considered inadequate by the Allied Powers, while the Nazis viewed him as an Allied sympathizer who had dishonoured his policy of Vatican neutrality.

In William Shakespeare 's play King Lear (c. 1600), when the King learns that his daughter Regan has publicly dishonoured him, he says "They could not, would not do 't; 'tis worse than murder": a conventional attitude at that time.

They entertain the followers and all sing of how Galitsky and his men abducted a young woman and how she pleaded to be allowed to return to her father without being dishonoured.

While the Senate mustered their willing slaves, Hannibal offered his dishonoured Roman captives a chance for honourable death, in what Livy describes as something very like the Roman munus.

Common combinations with dishonoured

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dishonoured" in a sentence?
An example: "Subsequently, Titus cannot quite believe that Saturninus has chosen Tamora as his empress and again sees himself dishonoured; "Titus, when wert thou wont to walk alone,/Dishonoured thus and challeng'd of wrongs" (ll.340–341)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dishonoured" from authentic English texts.
What does "dishonoured" mean?
Dishonoured means: simple past and past participle of dishonour
How many example sentences with "dishonoured" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dishonoured", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.