humiliate

Example Sentences

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He’ll stick around through the series, offering barbed commentary and something like support: “If I humiliate you, it’s to save you from the bigger humiliation of remaining as you are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The goal "is not to dominate China; nor is it to strangle or humiliate them", the document says.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Gallantry is being the victor and refusing to humiliate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

The police circulated a text message on Monday threatening to punish anyone spreading footage that could create panic or humiliate people online.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

“But, I mean, you know sometimes they just want to humiliate you. Like, don’t you think if you’d gone back through Red Witch Bridge on Saturday, Cliff and the others would’ve tried to scare you?”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia