humiliation

Example Sentences

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But only the men who happen to pull on the jersey of the national soccer team have proven themselves capable of turning tragedy from high art into national humiliation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Activist Grace Banu told a press conference in Delhi that the community was seeking "recognition without invasion" and "rights without humiliation".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

He’ll stick around through the series, offering barbed commentary and something like support: “If I humiliate you, it’s to save you from the bigger humiliation of remaining as you are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The humiliation is integral to the authoritarian’s personalist-style of rule, Ben-Ghiat argued.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Maybe this time I’d brought the humiliation upon myself.

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