humiliation

Example Sentences

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Yesterday's shift in policy was both a U-turn, and a humiliation for Local Government Secretary Steve Reed.

From BBC

I would apologize, I decided, but I had not abandoned my resolve to avoid any possible pain or public humiliation at Ernest B. Lawson Elementary School.

From Literature

Meg’s jam refuses to gel, Jo salts instead of sugars the strawberries, ambition and reality collide, humiliation stings but eventually becomes something to laugh about.

From The Wall Street Journal

For trying to read a note someone else had given him, he was made to suffer complete humiliation.

From Literature

“I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.”

From Los Angeles Times