shameful

Example Sentences

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Dumped dead animals are a "shameful, regular sight" in rural rivers and watercourses in parts of Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In a video statement released by the campaign, Gertner said she found it “really shameful that there’s a group of media outlets and people who are willing to spread gossip.”

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Together they sketched out the story’s framework: a murder mystery set in a small town replete with shameful secrets and sinister magic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

In November, I wrote about the shameful condition of Robert F. Kennedy Inspiration Park in Koreatown, where the monument and grounds had been vandalized, trashed and fenced off.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Her son, the teenage Tolstoyan, believed that wealth was shameful, corrupting, inherently evil—which is ironic because Chris was a natural-born capitalist with an uncanny knack for making a buck.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer