How to Use humiliate in a Sentence

humiliate

verb

• She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.
• He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public.
• I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.
• Both of them took delight in humiliating me as a child.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 12 Jan. 2018
• After being mocked, humiliated, and embarrassed we were asked to pay for our food, leave, and not come back.
  — CBS News, 13 Feb. 2018
• Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man but to win his friendship and understanding.
  — kansascity, 15 Jan. 2018
• This strikes me as humiliating for the musician (and awkward for the customers).
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Feb. 2018
• Cornell also said that Headley had humiliated her by ordering new staff uniforms the largest of which was five sizes too small for her.
  — Dan Eaton, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 Jan. 2018
• This would not be the only episode in which Castro Díaz-Balart was publicly humiliated by his father.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, 2 Feb. 2018
• The effect of such events would be to humiliate Trump, who hates to lose, and essentially neuter his power to move legislation.
  — Kathleen Parker | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Jan. 2018
• This isn’t a matter of sportsmanship, but a matter of dignity: A loser humiliates herself by poking fun at the guy who beat her.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 29 Jan. 2018
• In order to truly humiliate yourself in front of other people, those other people have to actually be watching you.
  — Cari Romm, The Cut, 9 Jan. 2018
• Harden then humiliated Johnson by staring at him for a moment or two before applying the dagger by draining a three-point shot.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• Sean Spicer, then the press secretary, accepted Miller's abject apology and then marched out to the lectern and humiliated him all over again.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2018
• And Trump has fallen bitterly out of love with Sessions, humiliating him with critical tweets while openly mulling his firing.
  — Ben Schreckinger, GQ, 25 Jan. 2018
• Every time Drake publicly humiliated himself in an attempt to woo Rihanna.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 19 Feb. 2018
• Noh, a long-track speedskater, cried in the infield of the Gangneung Oval Monday night after being humiliated by her teammates in the team pursuit.
  — Chelsea Janes, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
• Over the last four to five years she has been humiliated in the press and shunned by many friends.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
• Of course, the intention of the video tape leak was to humiliate Lee.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2022
• An older frat bro humiliates him but instead of just taking it, the pledge pours a drink on the guy’s head.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
• Brazilians will flop, the English will find a way to humiliate themselves and some matches will end in the agony of a shootout.
  — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2022
• Race on and humiliate himself, or risk the bushes—and the jersey.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• His team was humiliated in front of millions watching around the world, and that’s on him.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019
• There is a slim chance, too, that they will be humiliated.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The Raiders humiliated the Norse with a 95-63 whipping in their first meeting.
  — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• This blew up in Biden’s face when the Saudis instead chose the moment to humiliate Biden by lobbying for the cuts.
  — The Editors, National Review, 19 Oct. 2022
• The point is to subjugate and humiliate under the guise of amusement.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022
• There are stories about how Mr. Putin’s ex-wife used to humiliate him in public.
  — John Anderson, WSJ, 28 June 2022
• Young people will sometimes add someone into a group chat and then post an embarrassing photo to humiliate the person.
  — Kara Alaimo, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
• To her credit, however, Maeve instinctively takes Taylah’s side when her classmates try to humiliate her.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024