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.
• Over the last four to five years she has been humiliated in the press and shunned by many friends.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
• Real are humiliated in their own back garden by a thrilling Ajax outfit, who tear them to shreds in a 4-1 triumph.
  — SI.com, 24 June 2019
• Iran humiliated the United States with the capture of our 10 sailors.
  — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 24 June 2019
• The country now feels stuck in the mud, humiliated by Brussels, and incapable of finding a way forward.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 31 May 2019
• An enormous, fiery sky-orb of shame humiliates us daily by illuminating our physical flaws.
  — Alex Baia thatcher Jensen, The New Yorker, 7 June 2019
• There will be some who say the Americans showed up Thailand and humiliated the world’s No. 34 team.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 May 2019
• The goal of the original statute was to prevent people from humiliating their former romantic partners by spreading nude pictures of them around the web.
  — oregonlive.com, 3 June 2019
• They are beaten, humiliated and shocked with electricity.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 June 2019
• The mother of two, who is 65, admitted the slaying but denied murder, saying her spouse had controlled and humiliated her for 40 years.
  — Washington Post, 7 June 2019
• On multiple occasions, the woman was forced to eat leftover scraps of food, humiliated in front of her daughters and threatened with whippings with a vacuum cord, the indictment states.
  — Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, latimes.com, 25 June 2019
• Sinners are liable to be punished by having their identities revealed and their lives open to the outrage of the mob, which is all about humiliating the enemy in this new culture of ours that demands a walk of atonement.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
• Of course, the intention of the video tape leak was to humiliate Lee.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Who was the first opponent to humiliate you as a pro rookie?
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
• Barcelona, the kings of Spanish football, had been humiliated and fans think there is only one man to blame - Ernesto Valverde.
  — SI.com, 2 Nov. 2019
• Eleven has only ever killed in self-defense, and in the past would humiliate but not harm high school bullies.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2022
• It has been used to threaten and humiliate me in an attempt to grab power from myself.
  — Emmanuelle Saliba, ABC News, 5 May 2023
• So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I'm just humiliated.
  — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019
• So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I’m just humiliated.
  — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 26 Aug. 2019
• This will teach them an important lesson, rather than humiliate them or break them down.
  — Sarah Vanbuskirk, Parents, 26 June 2024
• He's humiliated by his brother in the brothel during Episode 3.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024