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.
  • He accused her of trying to humiliate him in public.
  • I hope I don't humiliate myself during the presentation.
  • Over the last four to five years she has been humiliated in the press and shunned by many friends.
    — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
  • Of course, the intention of the video tape leak was to humiliate Lee.
    — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 1 Feb. 2022
  • An older frat bro humiliates him but instead of just taking it, the pledge pours a drink on the guy’s head.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2024
  • 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
  • Race on and humiliate himself, or risk the bushes—and the jersey.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 15 May 2018
  • His team was humiliated in front of millions watching around the world, and that’s on him.
    — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2019
  • There is a slim chance, too, that they will be humiliated.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Raiders humiliated the Norse with a 95-63 whipping in their first meeting.
    — J.l. Kirven, Cincinnati.com, 15 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • Iran humiliated the United States with the capture of our 10 sailors.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 24 June 2019
  • Who was the first opponent to humiliate you as a pro rookie?
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Barcelona, the kings of Spanish football, had been humiliated and fans think there is only one man to blame - Ernesto Valverde.
    — SI.com, 2 Nov. 2019
  • There will be some who say the Americans showed up Thailand and humiliated the world’s No. 34 team.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 May 2019
  • North came to the premiere in New York and was completely shocked and humiliated that not one piece of his music had been used.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 26 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I'm just humiliated.
    — Jordan Culver, USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2019
  • So, the neighbors are just looking through the windows and I’m just humiliated.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Spurrier had no intention to cause a stir or to humiliate his French judges.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 May 2021
  • The wind caught the stack, and Thibodeaux had to scramble to collect it all, leaving him humiliated and fuming.
    — Anita Chabria, sacbee, 29 May 2018
  • The mere presence of a parent can humiliate a teenager.
    — Anna Chan, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2022
  • When you’re being humiliated like that, to talk about it.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2020
  • Four years ago, Paulinho was part of the Brazil team that was humiliated at home in a 7-1 drubbing by Germany in the semifinals.
    — Frank Griffiths, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2018
  • This question was meant to humiliate Morty and alienate him from his mother.
    — Jillian Eugenios, NBC News, 11 Mar. 2023
  • The gathering went seriously awry when all of the guests — including members of the Black Mafia — got robbed and sometimes humiliated by low-level criminals.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024

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