How to Use ashamed in a Sentence
ashamed
adjective
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The NBA should be ashamed of the product that’s been put out there...
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Langston Wertz Jr.,
charlotteobserver,
20 May 2017
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There’s no need to be ashamed of it, no need to run away from it.
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Fox News,
19 June 2020
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Some clients were ashamed of their debts, or their wealth.
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Nerd Wallet,
oregonlive,
5 Apr. 2021
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Don’t be ashamed to ask for help from the members of your team.
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Essence,
2 Sep. 2024
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Is your daughter the type who will feel ashamed and shrink?
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Washington Post,
15 Sep. 2021
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People are so ashamed to talk about it and ask for help.
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Tomás Mier,
PEOPLE.com,
2 Aug. 2021
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Yes that’s a Pad in my hand & there’s nothing to be ashamed about.
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Casey Quackenbush,
Time,
7 Feb. 2018
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Women don’t have to be afraid or ashamed of their anger.
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Bryan Robinson,
Forbes,
3 June 2021
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Those of you with your hand raised should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Eric Branch,
SFChronicle.com,
9 Jan. 2021
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The fact that is now happening to kids ought to make all of them ashamed.
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Fox News,
8 July 2018
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Don't be ashamed, but do talk to your healthcare provider.
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Angela Palmer Updated,
Verywell Health,
5 July 2023
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Don’t be ashamed to take some time for yourself or ask for help.
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Julia Ries,
SELF,
9 Dec. 2022
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The time where women are taught to be ashamed of their bodies is OVER.
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Cheryl Wray,
AL.com,
14 Feb. 2018
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Look, there’s nothing to be ashamed of and no reason to feel alone.
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Wayne and Wanda,
Anchorage Daily News,
20 Nov. 2021
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Dreading Work Event: Please don’t be ashamed of your body.
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Washington Post,
8 Dec. 2021
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This may feel like guilt (or worse, shame), and people don’t like to feel guilty and ashamed.
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Washington Post,
27 Apr. 2022
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Most teams need not feel ashamed by losing at home to TCU once in a while.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
5 Oct. 2020
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But, for me, being an artist is nothing to be ashamed of.
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Simon Abrams,
The New Yorker,
19 Nov. 2023
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They haven’t had fans give up, or be ashamed, at least not outside of 2012.
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Sam Mellinger,
kansascity.com,
9 May 2017
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The people who tried to exploit this tragedy to stoke hatred of the poor should be ashamed.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
13 Apr. 2023
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There’s no need to be ashamed; a lack of self-control isn’t fully to blame.
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Alyssa Hui,
Verywell Health,
9 Feb. 2024
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Maybe even things the writer is later ashamed to have thought or done!
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Nell Freudenberger,
The New Yorker,
28 July 2024
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For years, Ratliff felt too ashamed to even tell the Hanks story.
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Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2021
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Patients feel ashamed to come to their doctor to ask for PrEp.
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Maria Clark,
NOLA.com,
28 Feb. 2018
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This is a ridiculous waste of time and the media should be ashamed of themselves.
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Julian Mark,
Washington Post,
27 Sep. 2022
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Berlin or no, this down-to-earth diva has nothing to be ashamed of.
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Zoë Madonna,
BostonGlobe.com,
14 Apr. 2018
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The other one, really, is to not be ashamed of a big dream.
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Annabel Gutterman,
Time,
4 May 2022
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The Rams have nothing to be ashamed of for losing to Detroit in the playoffs.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2024
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Parents can be ashamed to say their children no longer speak to them.
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Jeanette Tran,
The Conversation,
23 Oct. 2024
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In Horse Crazy, Indiana’s first and best novel, his unnamed narrator invites a prospective boyfriend to his similarly cluttered apartment and feels ashamed—not of its mess, exactly, but of the sheer number of books on his shelves.
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Daniel Felsenthal,
The Atlantic,
29 Oct. 2024
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