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humiliate

[hyoo-mil-ee-eyt, yoo-] / hjuˈmɪl iˌeɪt, ju- /


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And on the street, when you see people begging, when you hand money to them, do not humiliate them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

"They'd love to humiliate the Castros and get one of the original revolutionaries from 1959 behind bars. But the strategic value of that is questionable."

From BBC May 21, 2026

As Rue muses in a voiceover, she’s beautiful, directionless and “so desperate for attention she’s willing to humiliate herself.”

From Salon May 4, 2026

The 2019 screen fiasco, which found countless ways to humiliate a cast that included Taylor Swift and Judi Dench, gave kitsch a bad name.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

The others came out of the ship, on my advice: evidence of any mistrust at this point would humiliate the Karhidish escort, impugning their shifgrethor.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Critics say Philips doesn't just challenge those beliefs - he humiliates the people who hold them.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Earlier in the film, Patrick also publicly humiliates himself for Kat by singing Frankie Valli's song, "Can't Take My Eyes off You" in front of the whole school.

From Salon Apr. 8, 2024

The league says its operations manual strictly prohibits bullying and hazing, which is defined as behavior that “harms, intimidates, offends, degrades, threatens, or humiliates another person or creates a risk to their health or safety.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 21, 2023

“It really humiliates the nay-sayers, who think it’s somehow OK for some people to get healthcare and others not,” Kidder said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2022

But a cramp, he thought of it as a calambre, humiliates oneself especially when one is alone.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Niederhoffer was devastated and humiliated, but he kept looking for patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The Kushners, paragons of their community, were humiliated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

"I felt disheartened, I felt humiliated in so many ways," he said.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

She must also have been embarrassed and possibly humiliated by her employer behaving like this behind her back.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

When I asked Sunny how she hurt her arm, she suddenly looked humiliated.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

The Rams’ decision to leave late for Australia coupled with Sean McVay making a bad play call at a critical moment all add up to a humiliating loss.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

After two humiliating divorces, Opal has made the salvation of her oafish children her primary concern.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

"I would spend my days walking across the CIA compound to the...unisex or family bathroom, which I could use, and it was humiliating having to do that," she described.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

"But at the same time, I was very upset and my heart was broken when I saw my son looking like that. It was humiliating."

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

It was enough to endure his own humiliating knowledge that if he had started after Gebu sooner, or pursued him faster, or been braver, all the mystery might have been unraveled now.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw




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