How to Use shame in a Sentence

shame

1 of 2 noun

• He felt shame for his lies.
• He had to endure the shame of being fired.
• How could you be so rude? Have you no shame?
• Her crimes brought shame upon her family.
• Richard Nixon, in the end, had a sense of shame and obeyed the Supreme Court.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
• But the mockery, the loss of status and the shame remained.
  — Flora Cassen, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
• The shame is that no one on the bench joined in on Saturday night.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2023
• A lot of survivors carry a lot of shame, blame and guilt.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
• Weight shame is part of what drove their brother, Rob, out of the spotlight.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 20 July 2023
• But the pangs of embarrassment and shame takes longer to go away.
  — Kui Mwai, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023
• What a shame not to have been able to enjoy the best player in the world during the 90 minutes.
  — Adrianna C. Freedman, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
• There’s a decent chance The Vince Staples Show will be a one-and-done project for the artist, which would be a shame.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• There is no shame in just being rather than doing all the time.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
• My love for home had become a wrenching source of shame.
  — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• There’s no shame in getting your paint scratched away from home.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024
• There’s no shame, there’s no aging, there’s no death, there’s no pain.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2024
• But, of course, there is still so much shame surrounding it.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
• Anytime anyone has to step off, there’s no shame in it.
  — Josh Moore, The Courier-Journal, 1 June 2023
• There’s no shame in keeping your head down and ignoring the press for a long time.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 26 Apr. 2023
• And shame should indeed be wrought on those who put this display up.
  — Matthew Malec, National Review, 27 Dec. 2023
• But Trump and his supporters are not likely to treat this as a walk of shame.
  — Mary Angela Bock, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2023
• The as-told-to mode brings shame and loyalty into the picture.
  — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2024
• And while the wall in South Miami, once was a wall of shame, today it is known as the Wall of Unity.
  — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2024
• For Haynes, the act of painting the nude is, more than anything else, an antidote to shame.
  — Julia Halperin, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• Skinny bitches with straight hair and straight teeth would hang their silky heads and weep with shame.
  — Zadie Smith, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
• You’re told 30 immigrants have drowned in the Mediterranean, and think ‘what a shame’ and go on eating.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
• The light, the trumpet, the sweat and the shame of the young man, the profound indifference of the world to him—all of it exceeded language.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
• Atlanta was rattled and shrouded in shame as word of the massacre spread.
  — Rick Rojas Alyssa Pointer, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2023
• And there's a fun faux-single-shot action splash-panel that puts most such brawls to shame.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 28 Apr. 2023
• Apparently: The dream is to spend just a moment living with their lack of shame.
  — Esther Zuckerman, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024

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shame

2 of 2 verb

• He was shamed by his behavior at the party.
• Dads who don’t pull their weight are shamed for it now.
  — Amanda Hess, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• The threat of being shamed lurks at the edges of all of internet life.
  — Claire Dederer, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2023
• Her fans, on the other hand, were less apt to let the body shaming slide.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2023
• And that's not to shame any of these dudes for being involved.
  — Michael Sykes, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2022
• Even with the procedures, the body shaming didn’t stop.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
• The president would do well to follow the old adage: Tell the truth—and shame the devil.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
• But that’s no reason not to do it anyway — or to shame those who do.
  — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2022
• They weren’t meant to shame; they were meant as a time of attunement with your child.
  — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
• John Kerry should have been shamed off the public scene decades ago.
  — Ray Nothstine, National Review, 11 Nov. 2023
• Because Knowles-Carter was raised in a household where young girls were told to tell the truth and shame the devil.
  — TIME, 14 Feb. 2024
• Keller, who is still friends with Nick for some reason, attempts to shame him and gets dragged for the second time in the span of 24 hours.
  — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
• But, of course, there’s a large audience for that, no drink shaming here.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• The performances are great, and the VFX still put most effects-heavy movies to shame all these years later.
  — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
• At the same time, we are shamed for not being able to control our desire to consume.
  — Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Bon Appétit, 21 Dec. 2023
• Elon Musk publicly shamed an employee and had a laugh about it.
  — Scott Nover, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2023
• Luxe cabin to shame an Audi A3, the best-sounding engine of the sextet, swanky looks.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 22 Sep. 2021
• My boss didn’t shame me or pressure me to keep performing at work.
  — Natasha Lavende, SELF, 13 Aug. 2021
• Schoolyard bullies feel free to torment and shame their obese peers.
  — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2023
• In a highlight sequence, the two heroes put a bunch of uptight British colonials to shame in a dance off.
  — Ashley Wong, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
• Avoid body shaming yourself or others in front of your kids.
  — Sarah Scott, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024
• To normalize your fears, please do not seek out people who will shame you.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
• Nowadays, they would be shamed, and formal meals are four courses at most.
  — Miss Manners | Judith Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Here's a stat that might shame you into getting into gear.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 1 Apr. 2022
• But there’s also a truthful history that must be told, not to shame or blame.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
• Adapt your business to embrace remote work, not shame it.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2022
• The chassis and steering provide high levels of feedback that shame many sports cars.
  — Car and Driver, 19 Dec. 2022
• Frankie stands tall and firm in their humanity and rejects any attempts to shame them.
  — Wilson Cruz, Peoplemag, 10 Dec. 2023
• Some of the world’s biggest retail brands have been shamed for taking months to pay smaller suppliers.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 12 Mar. 2024
• They are shamed for speaking Spanish by non-Latinos and shamed for not speaking Spanish by Latinos.
  — Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024