shamefully

Example Sentences

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Despite his metaphorically Olympian stature, the pop star’s death was astoundingly and shamefully normal for a United States citizen.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Responding to the findings, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said antisemitic incidents and crimes "remain shamefully and persistently high".

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2025

But if pressed, I’d shamefully admit I listened to 68 hour-plus episodes of five nerds playing a board game.

From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024

The negative column filled up fastest with words like stupid, disgraceful, foolish, laughable, wasteful, outraged, idiotic, scandalous, uninformed, half-baked, shamefully.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements