be ashamed
Example Sentences
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And in too many places, we taught our children to be ashamed of the countries they would inherit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“They represent the worst of humankind, and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The Spartans should be proud, and the Trojans should be ashamed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
"I would be ashamed to have written any part of this," Wilson argued in the London Review of Books, adding it "lacks many of the elements that make the poem great".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“You should be ashamed, Mr. Lemoncello. This is no way to run a library! Missing children’s books and encyclopedias?”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
