How to Use humiliating in a Sentence

humiliating

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• But he’ll have been forced to drink a humiliating cup of truth over a scam he’s been pulling for years.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
• The loss to the Nuggets marked another humiliating home loss in the playoffs to end the Suns’ season.
  — oregonlive, 14 May 2023
• The rest of the season depends on how the defense moves from a humiliating loss.
  — al, 18 Nov. 2021
• The Bengals need to avoid any concerns coming off the bye, while the Raiders need to put their humiliating loss to the Chiefs behind them.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2021
• The whole thing was humiliating, getting beaten up by a bunch of teen-agers on my own street.
  — Mohammed Hanif, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
• While humiliating, Biden kept his smile on and pushed back, saying only God could force him out of the race.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 July 2024
• In the book and in the script, there was this [humiliating] dinner scene with the governor [where Rose is unable to play piano], and there was a hat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• The arrest was humiliating for Montes' family, some of whom worked for the FBI.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023
• The account of Wong’s lobbying for the role of O-lan, and her quest to retain her pride in the face of humiliating rejection, is one of the book’s strongest.
  — Mayukh Sen, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2023
• That would be humiliating, as the movie makes clear from her encounter with a middle-aged Moonhead clutching a poster in the VIP lounge.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 2 May 2024
• There is nothing more humiliating than a 13-play, 80-yard drive where a team is just running the ball on every play.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 23 Aug. 2021
• Shanahan said the season could have gone one of two ways after a humiliating loss like that.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
• The pain suffered by the Suns and their fans in the humiliating Game 7 loss to the Mavericks might eventually dull.
  — Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2022
• The Jets were coming off a humiliating 41-point loss to the Patriots.
  — Andy Vasquez, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
• Every once in a while, some big-time school gets a humiliating lesson about hubris.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2021
• The 49ers have been up and down, with a humiliating loss to the short-handed Cardinals followed by a decisive win over the Rams.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• The reason: Childress refused to water down its sword-sharp satire of the humiliating things that Black actors of her day were forced to do to get work on stage and in films.
  — Terry Teachout, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
• Ukraine's capture of Izyum could mark a turning point in the war, dwarfed only by Russia's humiliating defeat around Kyiv in the spring.
  — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022
• The Wildcats would rebound from the humiliating defeat and lose only six games the rest of the way, with all but one decided more than six points.
  — Tim Casey, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
• The goal is to talk oneself onto victory’s side even in the wake of a humiliating defeat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• Derek threatened to release humiliating recordings of me should his demand for the story to be spiked not be met.
  — Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• But why would McCarthy, who was ousted in humiliating fashion just over a week ago, even want his old job back?
  — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• The last time these teams met, the Sounders dealt the Timbers one of their most humiliating losses in team history with a 6-2 shellacking on their home field.
  — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2021
• As for Sunday’s humiliating effort against the Broncos, Pierce talked about turnovers as a major part of their loss.
  — Vincent Frank, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
• Oh, wait, what about the humiliating loss 19-point loss in Cleveland on Monday Night Football?
  — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 23 Jan. 2023
• On the heels of a humiliating 25-8 loss in Friday night’s opener, the Sox absorbed yet another blow.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
• Their loss to the Nets was humiliating considering the roster Brooklyn put on the floor, but the four losses all came by six points or fewer.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Dec. 2022
• Early in the film, for instance, ink is tossed in the young man’s face to reflect his humiliating status as a lowly printer.
  — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 9 June 2022
• And that’s why open mics are necessary and evil and humiliating and humbling.
  — Michelle Aslam, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
• You could get hacked or turned into a humiliating deepfake.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 20 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024