How to Use unceremonious in a Sentence

unceremonious

adjective
  • His unceremonious dismissal by the new boss surprised everybody.
  • The girl screamed, Bevilacqua sprayed, and her run in the game came to an unceremonious end.
    Dugan Arnett, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2018
  • Late-night shows went dark, the broadcast networks’ fall season fell through, and the Peak TV era came to an unceremonious end.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Moy’s career at the NYPD came to an unceremonious end in 2021.
    Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 25 Dec. 2022
  • The transfer of his remains back to his home in the Aleutians was delayed and unceremonious.
    Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2022
  • The 31-year-old winger’s quick shot from the slot was an unceremonious bookend to a miserable night on Causeway Street for the Bruins.
    Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2023
  • As of now, the bill looks like it’s headed for an unceremonious end, raising the prospect of a similar fate for a fast-food labor bill.
    Alex Park, The New Republic, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Then, her reign came to an unceremonious end over an affair with a married man.
    Kurt Soller Anu Kumar, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Whatever the case, most of the Browns players hope the best for him, and have no hard feeling about his unceremonious departure.
    cleveland, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Two of the series' most important characters are killed in unceremonious fashion at the height of the sixth episode.
    Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2017
  • At the bar, all of the Paradisians celebrate Chris and Alana's unceremonious exit — all but one, that is.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Friends huddle around just in time for some thing to make a decidedly unceremonious exit out of the man’s chest.
    Justin Criado, The Know, 24 Mar. 2017
  • But by Friday night, a journey few expected had reached an abrupt, unceremonious end, right on the doorstep of a dream season in a 47-24 defeat to Utah.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Despite a somewhat unceremonious end to his tenure, Aldridge mostly lived up to billing in six seasons with the Spurs.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • And know, in the back of your mind, that anything but this level of success will likely be met with an unceremonious departure.
    Jon Tayler, SI.com, 20 Oct. 2017
  • There was only seven minutes and eight second of overtime and the heartbreak of a golden goal to bring the season to an unceremonious end.
    Jeremy Price, The Indianapolis Star, 18 May 2021
  • The actress played the BFF whose unceremonious dumping inspired Andie to pitch the titular article in what was one of her very first roles.
    Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Ten months later, the ripple effects of Cody Bellinger’s unceremonious split from the Dodgers continue to make waves.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Last season's unceremonious end came in mid-March, cutting the season short by six weeks.
    Curtis Tate, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Not every quarterback will end up with a seat, and Rivers, 38 years old, may be out of luck after the Chargers bid him an unceremonious goodbye this past week.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Without votes even being cast, Probst sent Bhanu home, an unceremonious move that left a bad taste in some viewers’ mouths.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2024
  • And the response from the one side of the assembled was equally unceremonious, with boos, catcalls and confrontations.
    Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024
  • The season's unceremonious finale taught Macias valuable life lessons on and off the field.
    Dana Scott, azcentral, 13 May 2020
  • So, what next? Coming off an unceremonious split and left to find a new team with little time to acclimate before the season, Thomas, 31, might have to settle for a one-year pact.
    Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2020
  • That left a mass killing event as the most likely explanation for the group’s demise and hasty, unceremonious interment.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Even with some of the products on the list being 14 years old or more, users were understandably unhappy to find out about their gear’s unceremonious end.
    Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2020
  • After an unceremonious end in Denver, Marshall shouldn’t have to wait long to see his former team.
    Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 29 July 2019
  • The turn of events marked an unceremonious exit for the secretary of state who was once the chief executive of ExxonMobil.
    Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Nemesis bombed at the box office, resulting in an unceremonious end to the TNG franchise.
    Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Two days after his unceremonious exit from Jacksonville, the 49ers snatched the former Fighting Irish star on waivers.
    Roy Lang Iii, Indianapolis Star, 30 Jan. 2020

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