Example Sentences

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Mace deflected by claiming Stephanopolous was shaming her as a survivor.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024

Asked if he was shaming the airlines into doing the right thing, Mr. Buttigieg, in a recent phone interview, offered a more positive framing.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2022

“It was shaming, maddening, but I came out alive,” he said.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2022

The frankness, the spare and open description, was shaming and expansive all at once.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2010

The show of discipline and cohesion was shaming.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan