humiliate
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity.
had humiliated
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past perfectof humiliate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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They said Shanghai Xiaoguo Culture Media Co and comic Li Haoshi had "humiliated the people's army".
From BBC ● May 17, 2023
King Henry had humiliated Josh Norman, a former All-Pro, adding him to a collection of famous defenders he had destroyed with the most antique of football moves: the stiff arm.
From New York Times ● Oct. 23, 2020
The Soviet Union had humiliated the United States by launching the first satellite in 1957 and then the first human into orbit in 1961.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2019
One adviser who knows Tillerson and Trump well said the president had treated the secretary of state “horribly” and had humiliated him unnecessarily.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017
Without realizing it herself, she grafted the manner of the man who had humiliated her during the march onto Velutha.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
