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.
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The point was to put them on the spot and humiliate myself, and guess what?
— Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2017 -
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 -
Mikal Bridges and the gang were humiliated in a 50-point blowout.
— C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 9 Nov. 2024 -
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 -
The funny thing about this game is that the Colts played worlds better than in last week’s humiliating 27-0 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
— Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 29 Oct. 2017 -
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 -
And maybe that was Colbert's intention: to bring Spicer on stage to humiliate him, to have the country laugh at him rather than with him.
— Matt Miller, Esquire, 18 Sep. 2017 -
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 -
Both of them took delight in humiliating me as a child.
— Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2018 -
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.
— Breanna Edwards, Essence, 26 Aug. 2019 -
So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I'm just humiliated.
— Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019 -
Spurrier had no intention to cause a stir or to humiliate his French judges.
— Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 May 2021 -
Teeny feels humiliated over the fact that Genevieve left her out of the Sol vote, which is more than understandable.
— Nick Caruso, TVLine, 20 Nov. 2024
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