How to Use ashamed in a Sentence

ashamed

adjective

• The fact that is now happening to kids ought to make all of them ashamed.
  — Fox News, 8 July 2018
• Berlin or no, this down-to-earth diva has nothing to be ashamed of.
  — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2018
• Are your kids as ashamed as mine about what is happening at our borders?
  — refinery29.com, 19 June 2018
• This is the reality of my life and nothing to be ashamed of.
  — Ali Wentworth, Town & Country, 6 Apr. 2018
• Gabriela is grateful for his understanding and help, but feels ashamed.
  — Leyla Santiago and Khushbu Shah, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
• Some families, like Robey’s, miss red flags while others turn a blind eye, too ashamed to acknowledge it.
  — William Lee, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
• Our coaches, our support staff, and our players, especially, have nothing to be ashamed of.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 20 June 2018
• The only person who should ever be ashamed in a domestic abuse incident is the abuser.
  — Britni Danielle, Essence.com, 21 May 2018
• Her mother just passed away, and Annie is bemused, or half-ashamed, at feeling insufficiently sad.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 June 2018
• Winfrey addressed that on her show, giving a globally visible voice to so many other black women who had been ashamed of their appearance.
  — Allison Keyes, Smithsonian, 8 June 2018
• There’s an implication that victims should feel ashamed of what happened, their identities hidden, that no one wants to hear about something that awful.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
• Many of the women Pan has spoke to are ashamed to talk about it with families and friends, and this in turn causes a lack of awareness among young Chinese women.
  — Serenitie Wang, CNN, 7 May 2018
• Once the 2016 video was made public in May of this year, Combs quickly issued an apology and claimed to be ashamed of himself.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2024
• The woman, perhaps ashamed and eager to protect her secret, chose that most common of names when the hospital personnel needed to know what to put on the birth certificate.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 12 May 2018
• But unbeknownst to Sunja, Noa, ashamed of his heritage, is planning to drop out of school and run away, and his unannounced (and short-lived) return home is actually his way of bidding her farewell.
  — Max Gao, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
• There’s no need to be ashamed of it, no need to run away from it.
  — Fox News, 19 June 2020
• Some clients were ashamed of their debts, or their wealth.
  — Nerd Wallet, oregonlive, 5 Apr. 2021
• Don’t be ashamed to ask for help from the members of your team.
  — Essence, 2 Sep. 2024
• Is your daughter the type who will feel ashamed and shrink?
  — Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021
• People are so ashamed to talk about it and ask for help.
  — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2021
• Women don’t have to be afraid or ashamed of their anger.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 June 2021
• Those of you with your hand raised should be ashamed of yourselves.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 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
• Most teams need not feel ashamed by losing at home to TCU once in a while.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2020
• 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

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024