humiliation

Example Sentences

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It was a humiliation for a regime that had invested so much of the country’s national wealth into a proxy network that was designed to deter exactly this sort of assault on the homeland.

From The Wall Street Journal

Their own Champions League attempt ended in humiliation, as did the tenure of boss Russell Martin who was last spotted getting bundled into the back of a car in Falkirk.

From BBC

This humiliation should spark some deep introspection among the hierarchy at Celtic Park and with it, a question: Is this a great football club or is it not?

From BBC

England could have been facing real humiliation had it not been for Brook.

From BBC

The alleged bottle thief could suffer public humiliation and/or private scorn if you tell the host and other guests what happened.

From MarketWatch