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
• His directness, coupled with a vain attempt to save/redeem the drones working the phone lines, comes across as chivalrous in the face of such dishonorable behavior.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Jan. 2024
• 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
• Is assimilation a dishonorable way to stay alive, or is living what matters and honor a mere scutcheon?
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024