Example Sentences

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MacInnes has denied telling Wilson that and has told the court Wilson had shamed her to 11 million followers on Instagram.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

He said the incident had "shamed India" and that "no guilty will be spared... what happened with the daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven".

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023

I figured the coronavirus experience had shamed you into silence.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2020

After the documents were released, some Twitter users told former Rep. Kennedy that he had shamed the family name.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2016

By the time Aggo returned with Grey Worm and fifty of the Unsullied loping behind his horse, Dany had shamed all of them into helping her.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin