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disgraceful - use in sentences
Preposition: that
- government: It is disgraceful that the Government does not know where failed asylum seekers are or how many are leaving the country.
- people: We, the Alex girls, think its disgraceful that people are being treated with such disrespect.
- time: It is disgraceful that those times have not been reduced.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- do: That was after the Chelsea Messiah walked in on the ref and the Barca boss doing something really disgraceful.
Modifies a noun
- conduct: In both these cases the Committee found Mr Tait guilty of disgraceful conduct.
- behavior: A site to show the disgraceful behavior of Policing in Croydon.
- scene: Thankfully the prospect of disgraceful scenes was washed away in the relief of the result.
- episode: The capture of Saddam will be used in eternity to justify an otherwise disgraceful episode.
- incident: At the county show you had drunk a great deal and fuelled by alcohol you took part in a disgraceful incident.
- abuse: And anger because of the disgraceful abuse of position on the part of the teacher.
Modifying Another Word
- utterly: It has been an utterly disgraceful handling of this important issue in the new devolved Wales.
- absolutely: Name: Paula Hughes, Anfield Message: It's absolutely disgraceful the way Michael Shields have been treated.
- quite: Or the quite disgraceful length of time patients have to wait for new digital hearing aids.
- truly: The truly disgraceful bit came at the end, where it said " Rights Offered: First British Serial only.
- pretty: That's pretty disgraceful behavior from Materazzi so I think FIFA should punish him as well.
- particularly: He died in a particularly disgraceful way for ancient people.
Used with adjective complement
- look: A very senior British commander on a fact-finding visit from Singapore rebuked them: " You look disgraceful.
Preposition: for
- woman: It is disgraceful for women to speak in church.
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