Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

At one, my possessions were given an inspection that would have shamed the TSA.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2025

You have shamed Elgin, Jerry, Kareem, James, and Kobe and every player who has worn the purple and gold, as well as an entire city.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2020

It is a measure of the problem Francis inherited that his pleas for cooperation from bishops must still be forcefully delivered, even after successive rounds of sexual abuse scandals have shamed parishes worldwide for decades.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2015

On this evidence Exeter will be quietly confident of completing the job in style, although they were helped here by a defensive effort from Wasps that, on occasions, would have shamed a sieve.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2013

Its present condition would have shamed an elephant.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord