humiliating

Example Sentences

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But he’d risk humiliating himself and hurting his presidential prospects in the process.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

A humiliating incident in a pool surrounded by her repulsed classmates echoes an iconic scene from “Carrie,” with Ducournau crafting an analogy for traumatic adolescent rites of passage like menstruation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

An Ashes defeat, more humiliating headlines than wins, and now three months for suits to ponder what comes next before England play their next fixture, the first Test of the summer on 4 June.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

Misjudgments made in public or at the workplace can feel humiliating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Unwilling to suffer a humiliating defeat, cut down one by one as they tried to break through the cavalry, they mounted their horses and charged off the face of the mountain.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover