How to Use ashamed in a Sentence

ashamed

adjective
  • Is your daughter the type who will feel ashamed and shrink?
    Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Don't be ashamed, but do talk to your healthcare provider.
    Angela Palmer Updated, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
  • Don’t be ashamed to take some time for yourself or ask for help.
    Julia Ries, SELF, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Look, there’s nothing to be ashamed of and no reason to feel alone.
    Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Dreading Work Event: Please don’t be ashamed of your body.
    Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
  • This may feel like guilt (or worse, shame), and people don’t like to feel guilty and ashamed.
    Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2022
  • But, for me, being an artist is nothing to be ashamed of.
    Simon Abrams, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The people who tried to exploit this tragedy to stoke hatred of the poor should be ashamed.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • There’s no need to be ashamed; a lack of self-control isn’t fully to blame.
    Alyssa Hui, Verywell Health, 9 Feb. 2024
  • For years, Ratliff felt too ashamed to even tell the Hanks story.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2021
  • This is a ridiculous waste of time and the media should be ashamed of themselves.
    Julian Mark, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The other one, really, is to not be ashamed of a big dream.
    Annabel Gutterman, Time, 4 May 2022
  • The Rams have nothing to be ashamed of for losing to Detroit in the playoffs.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2024
  • There’s nothing to be ashamed of in not being an expert on the law.
    Dominic Pino, National Review, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Most of them just want to have it out there without being ashamed.
    Steve Larese, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The younger one is embarrassed and ashamed and doesn’t want to face her sister right now.
    Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The blame-the-homeless tech elites that rushed to politicize Bob Lee's murder should feel ashamed.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The politicians who’ve run up our current record debts and deficits should be ashamed of themselves.
    Eric Blankenstein, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Not all love lasts forever, and breakups aren’t something to be ashamed of.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 3 June 2022
  • Seeing my own new sores amongst my semi-healed wounds does, in fact, leave me ashamed.
    Jennet Jusu, Allure, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Reflective and bringing to the forefront the things that people are ashamed to talk about.
    Patricia Meschino, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2021
  • These are the people who can one day make Russia a country whose flag no one will be ashamed of.
    Stanislav Kucher, CNN, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Seefried is embarrassed and ashamed that many may view him as a racist, his lawyers said in a court filing.
    Michael Kunzelman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • There is no reason to be ashamed of your recent struggles.
    Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Our coping with trauma isn’t something to be ashamed of.
    Alex Wagner, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2022
  • But Gupta said those feelings are nothing to be ashamed of.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Larsa Pippen isn't ashamed to be taking good care of her teenage daughter.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • That said, feeling ashamed of your former pride afterward isn't the right way to go.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Duterte has not been ashamed to tie himself to the Marcos family.
    Ben Westcott and Jinky Jorgio, CNN, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Kristin Cavallari is not ashamed to be dating a younger man.
    Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024

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