How to Use humiliating in a Sentence

humiliating

adjective
  • But he’ll have been forced to drink a humiliating cup of truth over a scam he’s been pulling for years.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The loss to the Nuggets marked another humiliating home loss in the playoffs to end the Suns’ season.
    oregonlive, 14 May 2023
  • The rest of the season depends on how the defense moves from a humiliating loss.
    al, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The Bengals need to avoid any concerns coming off the bye, while the Raiders need to put their humiliating loss to the Chiefs behind them.
    Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
  • The whole thing was humiliating, getting beaten up by a bunch of teen-agers on my own street.
    Mohammed Hanif, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
  • While humiliating, Biden kept his smile on and pushed back, saying only God could force him out of the race.
    Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 July 2024
  • In the book and in the script, there was this [humiliating] dinner scene with the governor [where Rose is unable to play piano], and there was a hat.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The arrest was humiliating for Montes' family, some of whom worked for the FBI.
    Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The account of Wong’s lobbying for the role of O-lan, and her quest to retain her pride in the face of humiliating rejection, is one of the book’s strongest.
    Mayukh Sen, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
  • That would be humiliating, as the movie makes clear from her encounter with a middle-aged Moonhead clutching a poster in the VIP lounge.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 2 May 2024
  • Shanahan said the season could have gone one of two ways after a humiliating loss like that.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The pain suffered by the Suns and their fans in the humiliating Game 7 loss to the Mavericks might eventually dull.
    Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2022
  • The Jets were coming off a humiliating 41-point loss to the Patriots.
    Andy Vasquez, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The 49ers have been up and down, with a humiliating loss to the short-handed Cardinals followed by a decisive win over the Rams.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
  • The reason: Childress refused to water down its sword-sharp satire of the humiliating things that Black actors of her day were forced to do to get work on stage and in films.
    Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Ukraine's capture of Izyum could mark a turning point in the war, dwarfed only by Russia's humiliating defeat around Kyiv in the spring.
    Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The Wildcats would rebound from the humiliating defeat and lose only six games the rest of the way, with all but one decided more than six points.
    Tim Casey, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The goal is to talk oneself onto victory’s side even in the wake of a humiliating defeat.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
  • Derek threatened to release humiliating recordings of me should his demand for the story to be spiked not be met.
    Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
  • But why would McCarthy, who was ousted in humiliating fashion just over a week ago, even want his old job back?
    Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • As for Sunday’s humiliating effort against the Broncos, Pierce talked about turnovers as a major part of their loss.
    Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Oh, wait, what about the humiliating loss 19-point loss in Cleveland on Monday Night Football?
    Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2023
  • On the heels of a humiliating 25-8 loss in Friday night’s opener, the Sox absorbed yet another blow.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
  • Their loss to the Nets was humiliating considering the roster Brooklyn put on the floor, but the four losses all came by six points or fewer.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Early in the film, for instance, ink is tossed in the young man’s face to reflect his humiliating status as a lowly printer.
    Kyle Smith, WSJ, 9 June 2022
  • And that’s why open mics are necessary and evil and humiliating and humbling.
    Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • If Fati is low on confidence now, how will his morale be after such a humiliating move?
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
  • He wasn’t forsaken in his quest, but his dream came at a humiliating cost that called into question his hold over the party.
    Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Most cramped of all is the copying-and-printing store where Bahram works, and where a fight breaks out between him and Rahim—a scrappy and humiliating tussle that is caught on camera.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2022
  • You could get hacked or turned into a humiliating deepfake.
    Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024

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