How to Use dishonorable in a Sentence

dishonorable

adjective
  • His dishonorable behavior has shamed the family.
  • Comey's friend Ben Wittes says Comey thought Trump's team was dishonorable.
    Zachary Cohen and Marshall Cohen, CNN, 10 June 2017
  • But the President is only a man, as true and as honorable as the best of us, or as false and dishonorable as the worst.
    Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 18 May 2017
  • The Harder They Fall is dishonorable dissent — a crabs-in-the-barrel, black-on-black crime fantasy that lacks the horror of gangs-in-the-hoods movies from the 1990s.
    Armond White, National Review, 21 Jan. 2022
  • There are more than a few contenders for the dishonorable crown of the nation most hostile to freedom of conscience.
    Doug Bandow, National Review, 20 Dec. 2020
  • The thinking goes that profiting from the leader’s bad luck is dishonorable, and that the battle for the lead should be held on an even playing field.
    Ian Landau, Outside Online, 15 July 2013
  • But that dishonorable distinction seemed to be the wake-up call the area needed to jolt it into action.
    Kate Santich, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • In 2017, Bergdahl pleads guilty, receives a dishonorable discharge and is fined.
    Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 17 June 2021
  • In both cases, the long stretches light on action try the patience, lacking in the flash and expertise of the main thread’s dishonorable thieves.
    Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Arpaio, by contrast, comes with a dishonorable record that has already hurt him in an election.
    Theodore Kupfer, National Review, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Not doing so is dishonorable and suggests that both the victim and thief lack integrity.
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
  • That type of discharge — which is not dishonorable — would not set off red flags or require any reports to law enforcement.
    Allana Durkin Richer, Michael Kunzelman and Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • Some of us believe that our pullout from Iraq, before the country was secured, was dishonorable.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Sep. 2021
  • The military judge ordered her reduced to the Navy’s lowest rank and removed from the service on a dishonorable discharge.
    Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 4 Mar. 2018
  • He was reduced in rank from sergeant to private, sentenced to 10 years confinement, and received a dishonorable discharge, the Army said.
    CBS News, 24 Sep. 2019
  • Le Pen contends that Pétain, once a celebrated war hero, need not be seen as dishonorable for having signed the 1940 armistice with Adolf Hitler.
    James McAuley, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
  • If he's found guilty, Tucker could face life in prison, dishonorable discharge from the military and forfeiture of all his pay and allowances.
    Fox News, 29 Aug. 2019
  • As a man, McCain is as honorable as Trump is dishonorable.
    Peter Beinart, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2017
  • While prosecutors sought a dishonorable discharge and 14 years in prison, the judge instead did not include any prison time in his sentence.
    Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2018
  • There are two firms that deserve dishonorable mention for 2021.
    Ron Shevlin, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Kraus said Dean’s record would reflect a dishonorable discharge.
    Dallas News, 28 June 2022
  • Bergdahl pleaded guilty to desertion in 2017 and was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge without prison time.
    Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2020
  • However, the dishonorable deeds are still fresh in a lot of people's minds, and releasing this movie could cause distress among those still affected by it.
    The Tylt, AL.com, 18 July 2017
  • That last one was about the dishonorable discharge of an entire Black U.S. Army regiment in 1906 for inciting a riot.
    Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The false construction of Mr. Mourdock’s words was and remains dishonorable.
    WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
  • DeDolph faces a maximum sentence of 22 1/2 years in prison, losing rank and dishonorable discharge.
    CBS News, 15 Jan. 2021
  • Notably, voting wasn’t secret in early US elections—in fact, it was considered dishonorable to try and hide one’s vote.
    Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 2 July 2020
  • If the appeal is denied, Manning will face a dishonorable discharge and lose all benefits.
    Maya Rhodan, Time, 15 May 2017
  • The board that reviewed Henry’s latest appeal said the discharge was treated as dishonorable.
    Melanie Burney, https://www.inquirer.com, 4 June 2019
  • Is assimilation a dishonorable way to stay alive, or is living what matters and honor a mere scutcheon?
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2024

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