shame
noun
the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another.
has shamed
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present perfectof shame (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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I have spent ten years loving Lesbos as an inheritance, a thing I own from a distance, and the smoke on my screen has shamed that love into something more useful.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026
Members of the Writers Guild of America picketed a Monday taping of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” which the union has shamed for “planning to return without its writers.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
Speaking in strong, even angry, tones, he has shamed the international community for what he called Congo’s “forgotten genocide.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Kristian Berg Harpviken, head of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, says Merkel's "humane response" to the immigration crisis has shamed other European leaders, helping to avert an even worse humanitarian crisis.
From US News ● Oct. 8, 2015
Creed Bonbright has shamed you—he’s left you; but you could make him look like a fool if you would only say the word—and you and me would——” “Now you go back!”
From Judith of the Cumberlands by Alice MacGowan
