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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shame
Noun
Healing from guilt and shame is not about erasing the memory. Angela Kenzslowe, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 Unlike those who saw growth through pain or dispelled shame, these women didn’t have hope for a better future. JSTOR Daily, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
The goal was not to shame women for caring about beauty, but rather, to champion their intrinsic motivation to care for themselves as a part of their whole health. Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025 No need for full-on parent shaming. Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shame
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shame
Noun
  • The thought of this act of petty vengefulness, and others like it, were later on to fill me with remorse.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
  • A day later, Grande left a comment on the post, expressing her remorse for the interaction.
    Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Some earlier African intellectuals looked at Black America with pity, even disdain.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Weeping savors a virtue — compassion, tenderness, pity, love.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Amid her disgrace, Baldwin somewhat retreated from social media and from constantly posting images of her seven children, which critics found exploitative.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
  • This person has brought shame and disgrace to the badge and to an honorable profession.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • We were crushed, humiliated, and broken, after our city was destroyed, occupied and erased from existence.
    Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Alarr’s unwelcome physical touching made Plaintiff feel offended, uncomfortable, humiliated and intimidated.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An Alford plea is one in which a defendant admits no guilt, but concedes that prosecutors have enough evidence to secure a conviction.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Variety spoke with Frankel about Grasso and Tom’s final confrontation, whether the detective was using Lizzie in earlier episodes, and the Catholic guilt riddled throughout the series.
    Leia Mendoza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the book, she's portrayed as someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and on anxiety medication, both of which are used to discredit her and paint her as unwell.
    Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Bullmer attempts to discredit her until Carrie, dressed as Anne, backs her up.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Former Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her regret over Tesla CEO Elon Musk being snubbed four years ago by then-President Joe Biden.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The ballad reflects on a chance meeting with an ex after a breakup and serves as a rare apology from the singer, expressing regret for a relationship that ended too soon.
    Bryan West, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Bears lost this matchup in embarrassing fashion last year as the Commanders completed a Hail Mary with time expiring.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The games themselves are embarrassing enough to watch.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Shame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shame. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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