Sentence examples for be shaming from inspiring English sources

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be shaming

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To feel shame, be ashamed.

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For any civilised society, that should be shaming".

"There was a disgraceful absence of visible leadership, and that should be shaming for the Metropolitan Police," David Gilbertson told the BBC.

Although they claim to be shaming people who try to "work the system", they blur the line between genuine claimants and the fraudsters.

Then a lovely local elementary teacher came forward, but her in-laws (from Berkeley!) denounced surrogacy and told her that she would be shaming the family and threatened to cancel their holiday visit, and she crumpled.

While at any other time the tabloids would be shaming a woman for getting up the duff while living off the state, now they will be praising the royal couple's timing.

Leader of the Lib Dems Tim Farron joined calls for the British government to honour its pledges by immediately rescuing vulnerable minors who are eligible to be in the UK, saying: "If Theresa May does not act now, she will not only be shaming her government but shaming the country".

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Nevertheless, I was prepared to be shamed.

No, but he can be shamed.

And even Rupert Murdoch can be shamed.

"You all should be shamed of yourself.

That was shaming hypocrisy.

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