How to Use humiliate in a Sentence

humiliate

verb
Definition of humiliatenext
Synonyms for humiliatenext
  • She was hurt and deeply humiliated by the lies he told about her.
  • I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.
  • When you’re being humiliated like that, to talk about it.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • His team was humiliated in front of millions watching around the world, and that’s on him.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019
  • In death, she was humiliated publicly, and may have been killed because of an accusation that was never proven to be true.
    — CBS News, 2 Mar. 2020
  • Iran has been humiliated by- by this taking out of their top leadership, but also by their disastrous shoot down of this civilian aircraft.
    — CBS News, 12 Jan. 2020
  • The Raiders humiliated the Norse with a 95-63 whipping in their first meeting.
    — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 15 Feb. 2020
  • Signed, furious, humiliated, smaller-than-average woman who is only giving her business to airlines that don't do this.
    — The Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2020
  • So, Giannina was fully humiliated when Damian said no at the altar.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The Celtics got humiliated Tuesday because of their arrogance.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The film takes the title character’s backstory very seriously and keeps repeating grimy scenes of snotty people humiliating him.
    — Libby Gelman-Waxner, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 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
  • There is a slim chance, too, that they will be humiliated.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Spurrier had no intention to cause a stir or to humiliate his French judges.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 May 2021
  • The mere presence of a parent can humiliate a teenager.
    — Anna Chan, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2022
  • This question was meant to humiliate Morty and alienate him from his mother.
    — Jillian Eugenios, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Those trucks derived their mojo from their ability to surprise and humiliate the sports cars of their day.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The Buckeyes get one more chance to humiliate an opponent before the meat of their schedule arrives next week with Penn State.
    — J. Brady McCollough Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2021
  • But in the comments of the videos and in video stitches, dozens of TikTok users have expressed concern that the children shown are being hurt or humiliated.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • What will happen when people are no longer humiliated and threatened in the name of Islam?
    — Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 14 June 2023
  • On at least two occasions in the past week, Kabul men have been packed into the back of a pickup, their hands tied, and were paraded around to humiliate them.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Decolonization sped up, and the Suez Crisis humiliated Britain, both at home and abroad.
    — Balaji Ravichandran, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
  • American Airlines singled us out for being Black, embarrassed us, and humiliated us.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 30 May 2024

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