How to Use shameless in a Sentence

shameless

adjective
  • The actor made a shameless plug for his movie.
  • Eight of the wins came against some of the league’s most shameless tankers.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, SI.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Now, with that shameless plug out of the way, on to today's deals.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2020
  • Okay, shameless plug for the series that helped inspire my own book!
    — Taylor Grothe, Parents, 20 Aug. 2025
  • All the while his shameless lickspittlery keeps him in the boss's good graces.
    — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Seen a lot of Kentucky guys play that way (shameless plug for my home state again).
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
  • And, again, we'll be forced to call them out for their shameless, priceless peddling.
    — Fox News, 15 Aug. 2018
  • One thing to talk about Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • One is the sort of shameless product placement that these movies excel in.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
  • But as this piece outlines, that is another one of his shameless lies.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Dwight is shameless; The Office finds ways to shame him all the same.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
  • And the key to putting your video in front of the right market is shameless promotion.
    — Yec, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The shameless social climber was confronted and bowed out of the group.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 25 June 2019
  • The shameless social climber was confronted, and bowed out of the group.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 25 June 2019
  • What storied actor gave the most shameless, award-baiting turn of the year?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The name sounds a little bit too much like shameless self-promotion, right?
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 June 2021
  • These shameless politicians are abusing their power to take away yours.
    — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The ending of the film paves the way for a sequel, but not in a shameless sequel bait–type way.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There are rabble-rousers in spades, shameless pop stars, a few budding ingenues.
    — Mackenzie Wagoner, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Your rights now depend on the grievances of one petulant old man and his shameless enablers.
    — Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The protests continuing across the country may spell the end of this shameless era.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
  • But this is a pretty shameless rip off of an internet classic.
    — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The humor was broad and shameless, embracing bad puns and big pratfalls.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The dog has taken shameless advantage of his change of fortune.
    — Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2020
  • For most slasher film aficionados, shameless jump scares and high body counts are well worth the price of a ticket.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
  • As with any stir-fry recipe that isn’t a shameless vehicle for reusing leftovers, there is a bit of prep work involved.
    — Jesse Sparks, Bon Appetit, 4 May 2018
  • The Thick of It), this is a show about how ridiculous shameless ambition can sound.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 7 June 2018
  • Strip clubs had been around for decades, but Flynt ran his with the shameless flair of a carnival barker.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 July 2018
  • Here's a shameless picture of my cats, Tacocat and Carl Winslow.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 25 July 2019
  • And, yes, shameless boasting like that has now jinxed this week’s Upset Special.
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020

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