How to Use shaming in a Sentence

shaming

noun
  • Body shaming is a terrible thing, and no girl should have to go through that — or guy.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2023
  • And there's lunch shaming that goes on for kids who can't afford school lunches.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • But labrum-shaming was just one of the adverse events Schwartz suffered in his rookie year.
    cleveland, 25 July 2022
  • No shaming of those who want to pull their pajamas on straight after work.
    Bianca London, Glamour, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Rhett had done us all dirty at least once, and my public shaming of him earned me a candy homage that lasted throughout the first half.
    Jonathan Rowe, Spin, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Public shaming, this writer is well aware, will reinforce the status quo where the law may fail to do so.
    Rachel Gevlin, The Conversation, 17 June 2022
  • In 2019, Moore's eldest daughter opened up about her struggles with body shaming and low self-esteem as a teen.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The shaming may not end anytime soon, given the intolerance of the modern left.
    James Freeman, WSJ, 3 May 2021
  • Frankly, the script lays on the shaming of Mulan for not being womanly enough pretty thick in the earliest scenes.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2020
  • There’s blaming and shaming because many of those who need help have substance use problems.
    Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2024
  • At the same time, users can once again tell who’s presumably paying for Twitter — which has led to extensive shaming in the past.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2023
  • There should be no shaming or forcing you into anything.
    Shauna Harrison, SELF, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Except today, the shaming will be one social media click away.
    Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
  • And all this self-awareness, this shaming started on social media.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In the beginning, there was real optimism that such protests and public shaming would work.
    Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The penalties range from public shaming by their governments to large fines and outright sanctions.
    Daniel Yergin, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2022
  • For example, if a child makes a choice with which the parent disagrees, the parent will use guilt, shaming, or manipulation to get the child to do what the parent wants.
    Lori Gottlieb, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2022
  • That means no tricking them into it, no shaming, no pressuring.
    Gail Cornwall, Good Housekeeping, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The book shows that countries accused of bad behavior rarely mend their ways and that in some cases, shaming can backfire and prompt the further erosion of human rights.
    Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
  • As does the message, which had to be uplifting, not competitive or shaming.
    The Editors Of Mh, Men's Health, 19 July 2023
  • And at the structural level, shaming serves to undermine public health orders.
    Mirel Zaman, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2021
  • This shaming, usually thinly veiled as concern for my health, falls recklessly from the mouths of family, friends and strangers alike.
    Kaci Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022
  • The movie leaves this narrative out, but still shows the impact body shaming has on Laura, who storms out of the library after Margaret accuses her of letting boys touch her.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
  • But Spears’s new memoir makes clear that this shaming and second-guessing, using the language of care and concern, is deeply conventional.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Fines, months of inspections and public shaming on the city website — that’s what could be in store for negligent apartment property owners across the Alamo City.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Dear Upset: My point was that this mother’s shaming, blaming, and obsessive worry would not help her daughter.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Simply put, compliance is not always the primary goal of shaming.
    Rochelle Terman, Foreign Affairs, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Everywhere, people are fat shaming, grapevining and splitting time equally between their right and left sides.
    Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • Public shaming and blaming of these groups might only serve to enhance their profile and embolden their efforts, Jackson said.
    David Tarrant, Dallas News, 3 June 2020
  • Public shaming requires public agreement as to what constitutes atonement and how that can or should be assessed, and that’s a far harder subject to address.
    Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024

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