Example Sentences

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Putting a tombstone on this season would be foolish given how history has humiliated such declarations, but ending the 17-year playoff drought is looking slimmer by the day.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 20, 2018

There’s nothing he likes more than the adulation of those those he has humiliated.

From Salon • Aug. 6, 2017

He has humiliated and undercut his staff while requiring and rewarding flattery.

From Washington Post • Jun. 19, 2017

There are many top-shelf coaches who have fumed silently as the N.C.A.A. has humiliated and unjustly punished their players.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2015

But don't flatter yourself I care, or am jealous, because this scene has humiliated and angered me.

From The One Woman by Dixon, Thomas