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Example sentences for "humiliate"

Lexicographically close words:
humidities; humidity; humidum; humilde; humili; humiliated; humiliates; humiliating; humiliation; humiliations
  1. She longed to humiliate him, and through him to humiliate Margaret, who presumed to interfere with her flirtations, for it was a bitter thing to Rosa that Forsythe had no eyes for her when Margaret was about.

  2. But no sooner was the peace of Lueneville concluded, and the French troops withdrawn, than the petty German princes re-imposed the tax, not in order to raise the small income derivable from this source, but to humiliate the Jews.

  3. A new day of the Lord had come "to humiliate all the proud and high, and to raise up the lowly.

  4. Smarting more under the thought that the fellow they had sought to humiliate had succeeded in turning the tables against them than in the fact that their opponents had scored two goals, Socker called his men about him.

  5. Why should the duke have wished to humiliate a man who has done what he could to serve him?

  6. The compensation I offered you was almost an insult; but do not for a moment think that I wished to humiliate you.

  7. Now he understood that he was kept before the gate by Teuton pride, which knew no bounds before the defeated, in order to humiliate him like a beggar.

  8. I compared you to a girl, not to humiliate you, but to praise your beauty, of which many girls would be proud.

  9. I am going to humiliate myself for your sake," said Macko to Zbyszko; "wait awhile!

  10. And I am compelled alternately to sacrifice and humiliate one or the other.

  11. A man must humiliate himself before the unknown God, who fiat ubi vult, who blows where and when He listeth, love, death, or life.

  12. Whether he only meant to humiliate France still more, or whether he actually desired a new rupture so as to crush the country finally, is not clear.

  13. Stated in terms of diplomatic procedure, the aim of the French Cabinet was to humiliate Prussia by forcing its Government to acknowledge a retreat.

  14. I said yes, to satisfy him; but in reality I intended to leave the gain to him, only taking something not to humiliate him.

  15. Now, however, these adversaries wish to humiliate us, asking that we should look on with crossed arms and watch our enemies preparing themselves for a coming attack.

  16. The moment had come, they said, not only to save the Boer republics, but also to humiliate England to the dust.

  17. The human heart is so constituted that we rather prefer to cast ourselves into the power of those who would destroy us than seek safety from those who humiliate us.

  18. This tacit insolence he thought would flatter the nation and humiliate the king.

  19. Other profound politicians say, this fête will humiliate those who have sought to fetter the nation.

  20. Several times I had tried to interrupt her; I could not bear to have her humiliate herself to me (for I was sure it must be a humiliation to one of her haughty temper).

  21. Has wearing the First Consul's uniform so changed you from the American gentleman I once knew that you delight to humiliate a poor and helpless lady of France?

  22. He now had it in his power to humiliate them who had so humbled him.

  23. It must have been to humiliate them; as, indeed, they could now tell by a certain speech which the gaol-governor addressed to Santander, as the cell door turned back upon its hinges.

  24. If I find she cares not for me, it will be a sort of satisfaction to think that in fighting against her country I may in a way humiliate herself.

  25. Oh, never, never shall you humiliate yourself on my account; sooner, a thousand times, would I die.

  26. He was supremely content with the state of affairs, and had no wish to humiliate his son-in-law.

  27. Nothing would induce me to humiliate myself to him.

  28. Man of crushing responsibilities, you've come to humiliate me!

  29. That's not what I've come for, but I shall be delighted if I humiliate you a little by the way.

  30. He was mad and took them off and threw them out the back window, and swore he would never humiliate himself by wearing his son's old clothes.

  31. I guess all he wanted me to come back for was to humiliate me, and send me on errands.

  32. He has brought his Chasseur here only to humiliate him," she thought, with the same thought that flashed through the mind of the Little Friend of the Flag where she hid among her rhododendrons.

  33. Ask their coöperation, and appeal to their good taste and affection not to mortify or humiliate you in your position of clergyman, by overstepping the bounds of decorum or discretion.

  34. Better far to have the end come now than to marry a dependent and shiftless man, who will humiliate your pride by a thousand and one mean traits.

  35. I shall not betray you, because in so doing I should humiliate myself.

  36. Am I still the mistress of your heart or not, that these men humiliate me so cruelly?

  37. She measured him from head to foot with a scornful laugh; trying to humiliate him, to make him ashamed of his modest hopes.

  38. She had never offered to help Bothwell with money; she had felt that any such offer would humiliate him.

  39. Is this another trick to humiliate me and make it appear I have surrendered?

  40. It disgusts and revolts me that you should try to terrorise a defenceless man to gratify your own vanity and humiliate me," she answered angrily.

  41. It would be sweet to humiliate the Delancy and Schuyler Blunt set, as Henderson could.

  42. He fought against its influence, he prayed against it, he tried to humiliate himself, and his very humiliations increased the adulation.

  43. He would humiliate himself; he would scourge himself; he would fast and pray; he would throw himself more unreservedly into the service of his Master.

  44. From now on they existed to minister to this new life-phenomenon, to keep it happy and prosperous and she cared not how plain this might become to them --she feared not to taunt and humiliate them.

  45. The conventions undoubtedly give me the right to be outraged because my wife is in love with another man; I can denounce him, and humiliate her.

  46. There was never anyone who could understand his utter shamelessness about it; that fervor of consecration which made it impossible for a man to humiliate him, or to insult him--to do anything save to write himself down a dead soul.

  47. I could see, however, that the marquis did not want to humiliate her; on the contrary, he was fond of her, and only wished to bring down her exaggerated pride.

  48. I guessed you were going to humiliate me.

  49. Little did they care for grades, distinctions, or decorations, which they indeed held as instruments used by despotism to corrupt one half of the nation, and humiliate and hold in bondage the other half.

  50. I wished only to humiliate those proud voluptuaries who live in luxury and vice at the expense of suffering humanity; and with God's help and yours, although I am old, I yet hope to see my country freed from their monstrous yoke.


  51. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "humiliate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abase; abash; affront; bend; break; chaste; conquer; crush; debase; degrade; demean; devastate; diminish; disconcert; discredit; disgrace; dishonor; disoblige; disturb; embarrass; fleer; flout; gibe; humble; humiliate; insult; jeer; libel; lower; master; mock; mortify; offend; outrage; overmaster; overwhelm; patronize; pillory; pull; quell; reduce; reproach; shame; squelch; subdue; subjugate; suppress; take; taunt; tyrannize; unman