put (someone or something) to shame

phrase

: to be much better than (someone or something)

Her art project put mine to shame.

Examples of put (someone or something) to shame in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The seventy-two-year-old Fed chair put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House. — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2026

In less than two years, both will be put to shame by the longest conjunction of the century. — Jorge Garay, Wired News, 8 Dec. 2025

Nepal even put to shame India, the world’s largest democracy, which decriminalized homosexuality in 2018, eleven years after Nepal. — Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

First of all, people were put to shame, me and others out there that talked about Joe Biden's mental acuity. — ABC News, 18 May 2025

She was also struck by the Bailey family’s huge Christmas tree, which put to shame the small one that her family kept on a table at home. — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024

Right about now, the super generation of Monarch butterflies that hatched earlier this summer at Ladew Topiary Gardens is embarking on a gluttonous nectar binge that would put to shame the notorious banquets of ancient Rome. — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2023

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? — Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping, 9 Jan. 2023