Sentence examples for shamed into doing something from inspiring English sources

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"This might put more pressure on them, but I don't see a sign that the Supreme Court justices will be shamed into doing something they don't want to do".

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On Wednesday night, Parker's father, Andy Parker, told Fox News he would do "whatever it takes to get gun legislation … to shame people, to shame legislators into doing something about closing loopholes in background checks and making sure crazy people don't get guns".

Parker's father, in an impassioned interview that went viral on Thursday, called for "whatever it takes to get gun legislation – to shame people, to shame legislators into doing something about closing loopholes in background checks and making sure crazy people don't get guns".

"One of his little techniques has always been to shame people into doing something," Ross observed.

The word "immature" is too often wielded as an insult, usually to shame you into doing something boring.

"The time for pussyfooting around politicians and policymakers is over, and it's time to shame them into doing something substantive and meaningful – or future historians will doubtless look back on the current era as one of political child abuse".

The comments follow those of Ms Parker's father Andy, who told Fox News on Wednesday his  "mission in life" is to "shame legislators into doing something about closing loopholes and background checks and making sure crazy people don't get guns".

Public opinion shamed his government into doing something.

If Chinese leaders were bold and creative enough to make such a move, it would certainly not be enough to shame US politicians into doing something about climate change but it would further isolate the – too large – lunatic fringe in this country that claims that climate change is a hoax.

There is no need to shame or guilt a child into doing something.

"They've clearly been shamed into doing that".

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