Wondering how to use Inglorious in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as dishonorable or dishonourable.
Inglorious meaning
- Ignominious; disgraceful.
- Not famous; obscure.
Synonyms of Inglorious
Using Inglorious
- The main meaning on this page is: Ignominious; disgraceful. | Not famous; obscure.
- Useful related words include: dishonorable, dishonourable, unknown, unsung.
- In the example corpus, inglorious often appears in combinations such as: an inglorious, the inglorious, inglorious end.
Context around Inglorious
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inglorious
- In this selection, "inglorious" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, include, shun, end, bastards and failure stand out and add context to how "inglorious" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an inglorious example of and and an inglorious end to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inglorious" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inglorious
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Well, not the Inglorious Bastards part. (6 words)
An Ontario town tops the inglorious list. (7 words)
Was not inglorious, though the event was dire. (8 words)
Holding a one-goal lead and looking to sweep their weekend series, the Gophers instead saw the Spartans score three times in the final period for a 4-2 Michigan State win, and an inglorious end to Minnesota’s six-game winning streak. (43 words)
If Jones goes out on this there’s a strong chance his name becomes synonymous with inglorious failure – the threat of that might be what keeps him hanging in to 2027, or a least part way down that road. (39 words)
We've grown what is now Hollywood's largest portfolio of Tarantino films to include Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, The Hateful 8, and Death Proof in addition to the movies we just picked up. (34 words)
Example sentences (17)
If Jones goes out on this there’s a strong chance his name becomes synonymous with inglorious failure – the threat of that might be what keeps him hanging in to 2027, or a least part way down that road.
We've grown what is now Hollywood's largest portfolio of Tarantino films to include Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, The Hateful 8, and Death Proof in addition to the movies we just picked up.
He ignored the strategic retreat, and we all know how that ended – with an inglorious conclusion to his regime.
Holding a one-goal lead and looking to sweep their weekend series, the Gophers instead saw the Spartans score three times in the final period for a 4-2 Michigan State win, and an inglorious end to Minnesota’s six-game winning streak.
The rest of us can choke on our infected mucous and die an inglorious death sitting in quarantine in our garage watching Jeffersons reruns on a set of collectors edition DVDs.
Was not inglorious, though the event was dire.
An inglorious example of company misbehaviour remains Rio Tinto’s predations through its Panguna copper mine, of which it was a majority shareholder for 45 years.
An Ontario town tops the inglorious list.
At the same time, what we confront on December 12 is inescapably the defining electoral moment in the long and inglorious saga of political turmoil that was launched by the referendum of 2016.
A vast majority believe it is essential for Germany to keep alive the memory of the country’s inglorious past.
Instead the ending of Johnson’s inglorious reign will be decided by his opponents.
The 2019 offseason also promises more change, as the forced marriage between Fuente and defensive coordinator Bud Foster, Beamer’s long-time right-hand man, comes to an inglorious end.
Well, not the Inglorious Bastards part.
Scheduled originally for the inglorious end on the scrap heap, the engine was rescued by William B. Heckman for his Black Hills Central railroad at Hill City.
The CPC boss urged youths to shun inglorious acts such as cybercrimes and be positively engaged and productively involved in order to be successful in life, saying “there is no short cut to success”.
Women often have to have to give in to sexual harrassment and inglorious advances to climb the ladder, get favors or simply move forward in their careers.
The event was glorified by the court poet Derzhavin in his famous ode; he was later to comment bitterly on Zubov's inglorious return from the expedition in another remarkable poem.
Common combinations with inglorious
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an inglorious 5×
- the inglorious 4×
- inglorious end 3×
- inglorious bastards 2×
- and inglorious 2×