shame
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"I had become a source of shame for my family and friends... I could no longer think about marriage."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“They’re not making any more of these places in the world… Seems like a shame to trade that in for some gold.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
River path “a shame because it’s an otherwise amazing resource.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Everyone has them, and there’s no shame in that.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
My head pulsed with shame and regret, and I couldn’t bear to meet his eyes.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
The second pilot meets their passengers’ fear with hysteria, shrieking, outburst—that pilot shames their passengers, saying, “I can’t do my job because of YOU.”
From Slate ● May 10, 2026
He says it "shames the men and women who gave their lives in Iraq".
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
“That is a disgrace. It outrages and shames me deeply,” Scholz said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
He begs forgiveness for "a sin that shames us".
From Reuters ● Mar. 10, 2023
The fact shames him, causes him to turn briefly away.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
And seeking a bit of help from commercial emulsifiers shouldn’t be shamed.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
“I had decided to allow no room in the universe for something which shamed and frightened me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
They could be shamed for bad behavior—even, on occasion, reap a consequence or two—and preferred dog whistles over airhorns.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
On social media, fans shared the video and shamed the man for his behavior, with some looking to make his identity public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
She looked a little shamed but she still had some mad in her.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
He said Arday had faced "an unacceptable public hounding and campaign of abuse", adding that he was a victim of "a pernicious public shaming that other people in his position simply wouldn't have faced".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The best solution is to fix these warped incentives, but naming and shaming negligent states could still do some good.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
Most of all, there is a lot of shame and shaming associated with people who go into debt or become overwhelmed by their bills.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 21, 2026
“Because one job should be enough, one job should be enough, and we need to get away from the victim shaming of educators.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The artificiality of her parents’ relationship always seemed harder, more shaming, when she was here in Kano.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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