shamefully

Example Sentences

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Despite his metaphorically Olympian stature, the pop star’s death was astoundingly and shamefully normal for a United States citizen.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Once a slur that implied homosexuality was shamefully deviant, “queer” was “reclaimed” in the 1980s by gay activists as a synonym for “gay.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Liz Darlison, chief executive at Mesothelioma UK, said the country "shamefully has the highest incidence of mesothelioma in the world" with research urgently needed.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

All film buffs have personal favoritees they think have been shamefully ignored.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2025

Secretly, shamefully, not entirely consciously, but for all that quite head-over- heels in love.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides