shaming
Example Sentences
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Campaigners' tactics include raising awareness among potential contributors, and naming and shaming the accounts believed to be the worst offenders.
From BBC • May 3, 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
An agitated Jean finds herself praying to none other than Monica Lewinsky, the patron saint of bad romantic choices, or as Langbein puts it, “of those who suffer venal public shaming and patriarchal cruelty.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
“You only have so many tries” suggests his attempts to help could backfire; that language is inflammatory and shaming at worst and unhelpful at best.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
Rather than shaming and condemning an already deeply stigmatized group, we, collectively, can embrace them—not necessarily their behavior, but them—their humanness.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
