How to Use humiliate in a Sentence

humiliate

verb

• She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.
• He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public.
• I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.
• Over the last four to five years she has been humiliated in the press and shunned by many friends.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
• Of course, the intention of the video tape leak was to humiliate Lee.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2022
• An older frat bro humiliates him but instead of just taking it, the pledge pours a drink on the guy’s head.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
• Brazilians will flop, the English will find a way to humiliate themselves and some matches will end in the agony of a shootout.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
• Race on and humiliate himself, or risk the bushes—and the jersey.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• His team was humiliated in front of millions watching around the world, and that’s on him.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019
• There is a slim chance, too, that they will be humiliated.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The Raiders humiliated the Norse with a 95-63 whipping in their first meeting.
  — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• This blew up in Biden’s face when the Saudis instead chose the moment to humiliate Biden by lobbying for the cuts.
  — The Editors, National Review, 19 Oct. 2022
• The point is to subjugate and humiliate under the guise of amusement.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022
• There are stories about how Mr. Putin’s ex-wife used to humiliate him in public.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 June 2022
• Iran humiliated the United States with the capture of our 10 sailors.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 24 June 2019
• Who was the first opponent to humiliate you as a pro rookie?
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• Barcelona, the kings of Spanish football, had been humiliated and fans think there is only one man to blame - Ernesto Valverde.
  — SI.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• There will be some who say the Americans showed up Thailand and humiliated the world’s No. 34 team.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 May 2019
• North came to the premiere in New York and was completely shocked and humiliated that not one piece of his music had been used.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 26 Apr. 2018
• Eleven has only ever killed in self-defense, and in the past would humiliate but not harm high school bullies.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2022
• It has been used to threaten and humiliate me in an attempt to grab power from myself.
  — Emmanuelle Saliba, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I'm just humiliated.
  — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019
• So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I’m just humiliated.
  — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 26 Aug. 2019
• Spurrier had no intention to cause a stir or to humiliate his French judges.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 May 2021
• The wind caught the stack, and Thibodeaux had to scramble to collect it all, leaving him humiliated and fuming.
  — Anita Chabria, sacbee, 29 May 2018
• The mere presence of a parent can humiliate a teenager.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2022
• When you’re being humiliated like that, to talk about it.
  — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2020
• Four years ago, Paulinho was part of the Brazil team that was humiliated at home in a 7-1 drubbing by Germany in the semifinals.
  — Frank Griffiths, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2018
• Young people will sometimes add someone into a group chat and then post an embarrassing photo to humiliate the person.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
• To her credit, however, Maeve instinctively takes Taylah’s side when her classmates try to humiliate her.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024