humiliatingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Amazon’s high-profile misstep was Haven, a joint venture with Jamie Dimon’s JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, launched in a blare of publicity in 2018 and humiliatingly shut down in 2021.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022
Their fans are restless, and earlier this week the Manchester United Supporters Trust said it will "demand answers" from those running the club after a "humiliatingly bad" start to the season.
From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022
That is on Monday against fierce rival Liverpool, which scored nine goals against United across two games last season in humiliatingly one-sided meetings.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022
No, I conducted my own search, first on foot, then, humiliatingly, by taxicab.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
When he had finished them—which he did in a humiliatingly short time—he surveyed the lotus root, wiping it on the mat of crushed grasses and wondering how he was going to cut it.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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