How to Use shameless in a Sentence

shameless

adjective
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  • Dwight is shameless; The Office finds ways to shame him all the same.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
  • But even that isn't the end of a shameless man's career.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Now, with that shameless plug out of the way, on to today's deals.
    — Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2020
  • All the more when Trump is using the State of the Union to engage in shameless stunting.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2019
  • 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
  • Seen a lot of Kentucky guys play that way (shameless plug for my home state again).
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2021
  • The Lost Rad Ripper is a shameless throwback to the eighties.
    — Zander Morton, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • One thing to talk about Time for a bit of shameless self-promotion.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • What storied actor gave the most shameless, award-baiting turn of the year?
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The protests continuing across the country may spell the end of this shameless era.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 June 2020
  • Here's a shameless picture of my cats, Tacocat and Carl Winslow.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 25 July 2019
  • Biden is, again, no model in this area, yet also not as shameless as Trump.
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Not a fresh, impromptu snag, but a wide, shameless bull run up the whole fatted calf.
    — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • But the Cosmos Engage is perhaps the most shameless copy the company has made to date.
    — Andrew Williams, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • MacAskill’s second book was also what the Brits call fur-coat-and-no-knickers and was even more shameless than his first.
    — Leif Wenar, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The name sounds a little bit too much like shameless self-promotion, right?
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 28 June 2021
  • 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
  • Eight small works huddled in the back gallery of 12.26 reveal an artist making an art of shameless beauty.
    — Matthew Bourbon, Dallas News, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Like the rest of The Wolf of Wall Street, the shipwreck scene is manic, jaw-droppingly shameless, and darkly funny.
    — Meg Walters, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2022
  • And, yes, shameless boasting like that has now jinxed this week’s Upset Special.
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
  • The humor was broad and shameless, embracing bad puns and big pratfalls.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Still, there's strange truth in all the shameless sleaze, this universe as plastic as Batman's credit card.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The dog has taken shameless advantage of his change of fortune.
    — Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2020
  • Its hawker is a loud, bold and shameless salesman, his stock is endless, and the streets eat it like pigeons and popcorn, all day e’ry day.
    — Jonathan Rowe, Spin, 11 Aug. 2023
  • These are an award-worthy dupe, if there were awards for shameless snack copycatting.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2020
  • This is such a big violation that even Lavik, who seems shameless, could not bring himself to say this aloud.
    — Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Only a politician as shameless and devoid of principle as Biden can pull it off.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2024
  • As Patrick lopes through the film intruding into people’s space with his strength and his shameless habit of stealing their snacks (and dropping his shorts), Guadagnino over-indulges in close-ups of O’Connor scrunching up his mouth in a put-on smirk.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2024

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