shame
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"It is a great shame that such a beautiful and iconic facility cannot be restored," Bloomfield added.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
But pulling that idea out of the multiplex, admitting that you think so little of your fellow Americans that you would champion a movie like “Idiocracy,” should inspire some shame.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
“It’s a shame, if it’s going to ruin an entire neighborhood,” she said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
Not just shame but gross unfitness for serving in a role at a state university.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Still, there is something worse than just trapping, and that is to trap without sense or judgment or responsibility, and shame that it may be, such things happen.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
The second pilot meets their passengers’ fear with hysteria, shrieking, outburst—that pilot shames their passengers, saying, “I can’t do my job because of YOU.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
“That is a disgrace. It outrages and shames me deeply,” Scholz said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
And, she shames her own mother for latching onto Desi customs.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023
"We need to lead a campaign worldwide to fight against this virus that shames everyone in football."
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
It shames me to do this, but it is the only way.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
Seoul correspondent Jake Kwon explains how Hong went from star captain in 2002 shamed head coach in 2026.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
And seeking a bit of help from commercial emulsifiers shouldn’t be shamed.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
“I had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
Pratt, who played a heel on TV, isn’t easily shamed in his own right.
From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026
The stealth of it shamed him—but not enough to overcome the pride he felt at the knowledge that one of the many petals on the bowl was his.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
And it would not catastrophize fetal harm, which lands as shaming rather than a warning.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026
The shaming tends to fall into two categories: the ugly mouthful and the lonely eater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
In one school I visited in Rochdale, they were starting a girls club in which they would discuss it all: from gender inequality, to domestic violence and body shaming, to periods, sexuality and friendship groups.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
Most of all, there is a lot of shame and shaming associated with people who go into debt or become overwhelmed by their bills.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
I’d never realized, not until the last year or two of my life, how shaming it is to be pitied.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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