The phrase "a shameful example" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or behavior that is considered disgraceful or embarrassing.
Example: "The report highlighted a shameful example of corporate negligence that led to significant environmental damage."
Alternatives: "a disgraceful instance" or "an embarrassing case".
"We were just shown a shameful example that delinquency was not being attacked well by this previous government," Mr. Leal said.
Investment manager Jim Chanos, who has short bets on both companies, called the deal a "shameful example of corporate governance at its worst" during an appearance on CNBC.
But to Freada Kapor Klein, founder of the Level Playing Field Institute, the high school's response was a "shameful example of bias" that minority students can face.
Investment manager Jim Chanos, who has short bets on both companies, called the deal a "shameful example of corporate governance at its worst" during an appearance on CNBC.
Detroit Wild City is a powerful survey of an American city that only a half century ago was a shinning testament to American capitalism and today is an shameful example of an economic and political system that failed and doesn't care.
Refusal to expand Medicaid and provide quality health care to all remains a stark and shameful example of our nation's failure to overcome persistent racial disparities.
They should go to a public high school in a poor area and see the shameful example of national education policies.
Only in writing could phraseology like that in Edward Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 2" (1781) become common: The whole engagement lasted above twelve hours; till the gradual retreat of the Persians was changed into a disorderly flight, of which the shameful example was given by the principal leader, and the Surenas himself.
Perhaps the most shameful example was PC-SPES, a supplement that was heavily promoted to treat prostate cancer.
Patricia A. Weller Emmitsburg, Md., Feb. 15, 2011 To the Editor: Politicians of both parties — and President Obama is the latest shameful example — congratulate themselves for making hard decisions and being grown-ups when taking the ax to social service programs.
One shameful example is the attempt by the NAACP and the Hispanic Federation to overturn the Bloomberg ban even though blacks and Latinos suffer disproportionately more than others from obesity-related ailments such as diabetes.
