How to Use shame in a Sentence
- 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.
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Who is shame weaponized against?
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Abdi Nazemian,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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There were two sources of shame.
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Jenny Singer,
Glamour,
8 Apr. 2026
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There would be no shame in that.
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Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Fool me four times, shame on me.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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That list is not a source of shame.
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Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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There’s so much shame around the body.
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Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Watch that video again and feel shame!
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Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Shame, shame, shame on all of them.
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Thomas L. Friedman,
Mercury News,
15 Jan. 2026
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That’s a shame for those who miss out.
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Barry Neild,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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What a shame not to be able to share it!
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Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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All of it is so charged by rage and shame.
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Dawnie Jefferson,
Refinery29,
29 Jan. 2026
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But the shame will keep you in that dark place.
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Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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All of us know this is a sham and a shame.
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
11 Jan. 2026
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Roy is haunted by the shame of this.
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Madeline Leung Coleman,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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Which is a shame, and a mistake.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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Shame on them, shame on us for putting up with it for so long.
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U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
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Drop the shame and speak up for yourself.
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Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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What a shame, and waste of human life.
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Jenna Sundel
gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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There’s no shame in asking for help.
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Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Either way, this is not a place for shame.
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Joe Sevier,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Jan. 2026
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Because, fool us once, shame on us.
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Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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Which makes the ending all the more of a shame.
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Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
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There’s no shame in this struggle.
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Mark C. Perna,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
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But he’s still plagued by shame and regret.
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Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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The comment filled her with shame.
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Xitlalic Montelongo,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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You’re trapped by the shame of your actions.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
- He was shamed by his behavior at the party.
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Those are things that people do to shame us.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2026
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The rest of us were shamed by omission.
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Laura Washington,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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One dancer also claimed she was shamed for her weight.
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Kelsie Hoffman,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Some of these truths might sting a little, but they’re not meant to shame.
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Dr. Mona Amin,
CNBC,
5 Dec. 2025
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And this is not to shame the act of contortion.
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Caroline Rothstein,
InStyle,
30 Dec. 2025
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And the answer isn’t just to shame adults, Danese said.
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Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
5 Aug. 2025
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But not shamed enough to ever deny.
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Gail Sheehy,
Vanity Fair,
20 Feb. 2026
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And that's not to shame any of these dudes for being involved.
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Michael Sykes,
USA TODAY,
1 Oct. 2022
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This was never about shaming a client.
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Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
1 Dec. 2025
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No need for full-on parent shaming.
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Melissa Willets,
Parents,
7 Oct. 2025
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This isn’t about shaming those with access.
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Elle Wang,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But that’s no reason not to do it anyway — or to shame those who do.
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Emily Heil,
Washington Post,
19 Nov. 2022
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Her fans, on the other hand, were less apt to let the body shaming slide.
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Glenn Rowley,
Billboard,
26 Apr. 2023
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Part of the reason why Olympia takes over his case is to shame her mom.
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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The city was shamed into action.
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Faith Salie,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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They weren’t meant to shame; they were meant as a time of attunement with your child.
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Washington Post,
13 Oct. 2021
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The forces of power want to shame us into hiding.
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Abdi Nazemian,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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The threat of being shamed lurks at the edges of all of internet life.
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Claire Dederer,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2023
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John Kerry should have been shamed off the public scene decades ago.
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Ray Nothstine,
National Review,
11 Nov. 2023
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My boss didn’t shame me or pressure me to keep performing at work.
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Natasha Lavende,
SELF,
13 Aug. 2021
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The key is not to shame yourself out of it, but to interrupt the loop.
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Minna Hu,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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There's no antidote to shame quite like making a movie like this.
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Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
31 May 2026
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To normalize your fears, please do not seek out people who will shame you.
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Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2022
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Schoolyard bullies feel free to torment and shame their obese peers.
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Susan Dunne,
Hartford Courant,
16 Jan. 2023
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Nowadays, they would be shamed, and formal meals are four courses at most.
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Miss Manners | Judith Martin,
Anchorage Daily News,
11 Apr. 2023
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Today’s events should move us, shock us, shame us into acting.
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Nouran Salahieh,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2024
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But, of course, there’s a large audience for that, no drink shaming here.
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Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2023
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When in doubt, bring your on-the-go creamer and do not allow anyone to shame you.
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Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell,
New Yorker,
23 Sep. 2025
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Elon Musk publicly shamed an employee and had a laugh about it.
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Scott Nover,
Quartz,
7 Mar. 2023
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