shame
noun
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
are shaming
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present progressiveof shame.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Knock L.A.’s banished writers and editors are shaming their former benefactors online.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
“It is the other customers in the stores that are shaming them to put it back on or commenting,” she said.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2020
"I saw her in the news the other day and it was something about how she's saying people are shaming her," Stodden continues of Teigen.
From Fox News ● Apr. 29, 2020
Any advice on how to tamp this down without making it seem like we are shaming them over perfectly normal human anatomy?
From Slate ● Feb. 17, 2020
You are shaming me before my master,—you are robbing without reason.
From Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales by Leo Tolstoy, Count
