humiliate

Example Sentences

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Well, everyone in show business has to humiliate themselves sometimes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"By insisting on retraction China is trying to humiliate her and turning up the heat on the controversy," Kingston said.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

But the image had been digitally altered — in the original, Armstrong appeared stoic and determined — and appeared to be designed to humiliate her before trial.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

The goal "is not to dominate China; nor is it to strangle or humiliate them", the document says.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

They’d all seemed to have abruptly forgotten that I was still the same girl they’d tried to humiliate, over and over again.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi