Sentence examples for proved humiliating from inspiring English sources

Bruce N. Gyory, a Democratic-leaning political consultant and an adjunct professor of political science at the State University at Albany, compared Nassau's situation to the fiscal crisis in New York City in the 1970s, when outside oversight proved humiliating, painful and, in the end, the city's salvation, by achieving results politics as normal never could.

'Once again, warfare would define human life.' The findings will prove humiliating to the Bush administration, which has repeatedly denied that climate change even exists.

Noting that the court has referred to the right to self-representation as an aspect of individual dignity, Justice Breyer said dignity was lacking in the "spectacle that could well result" from a mentally ill defendant's efforts, which he said were "at least as likely to prove humiliating as ennobling".

Di Matteo's final match in charge proved to be the humiliating 3-0 loss to Juventus on Tuesday night, a game that effectively leaves the holders on the verge of exiting the Champions League at the group stage.

As the financial crisis rumbles on, however, it is privatisation of the railways, tainted by the humiliating demise of Railtrack, that has proved one of the most controversial.

Hendrik Witbooi, the Nama leader, proved an exceptionally able guerrilla captain, and he inflicted a series of humiliating reverses on German troops.

He proved unable to consummate the marriage, divorce papers were served within months and he underwent humiliating examinations to discover if he could manage an erection.

Rafael Benitez declared his substitutions in Chelsea's FA Cup draw at Brentford proved he did know what he was doing after they helped rescue the holders from a humiliating giant-killing.

They failed to progress from the group stage of the Champions League after a humiliating defeat against Basel and the consolation prize of participation in the Europa League has also proved to be a shortlived affair.

He kept his agony to himself for a time, but, eventually, it proved too much for him and at last he confided the truth to my friend, after first making him swear to keep his humiliating secret.

Kafkaesque bureaucracy deems him ineligible for sickness benefit; as a middle-aged web neophyte he finds online applications for jobseekers' allowance an ordeal, but, having embarked on this frustrating, humiliating mission to prove his respectability, he can't accept jobs that come up.