Had I known what awaited me: the misfortunes which were to drag me down almost unto a shameful death, in consequence of this act of disobedience, I might have given way.
And at the last battle that he did was slain Sir Nanowne le Petite, the which he put to a shameful death in despite of King Arthur, for he was drawn limb-meal.
And if I ever match him he shall have a shameful death as many other have had.
And if I be ordained to die a shameful death, welcome be it; but an I had wist of this death that I am deemed unto, I should never have been yolden.
And therewith she kneeled down upon both her knees, and besought Sir Bors to have mercy upon her: Outher I shall have a shameful death, and thereto I never offended.
It was foul mouthed, said the queen, and evil likened, so for to liken the most noble knight of the world unto such a shameful death.
That me repenteth, said Launcelot, that I may not borrow him with fairness, for he is over good a knight to die such a shameful death.
A filthy thing it was, as its pink snout rose above the green ooze of the marshes, and it looked up lustingly, defying the purity of the blue skies of heaven, to bring to those who came against it a cruel, shameful death.
But through twelve dismal years the Grendel took its toll of the bravest in the realm, and to sleep in the place that Hrothgar had built as monument to his magnificent supremacy, ever meant, for the sleeper, shameful death.
They meet here with a true prospect of things, the tinsel splendour of sensual pleasure, and that dreadful price men pay for it--shameful death.
I submit with the utmost resignation to the stroke of the Law, and I heartily pray Almighty God that the sight of my shameful death, may inspire every one of you with lasting resolutions of leading an honest life.
And at the last battle that he did was slain Sir Nanowne le Petite, the which he put to a shameful death in despite of king Arthur, for he was drawn limb-meal.
But I may well be sorry, said Merlin, for I shall die a shameful death, to be put in the earth quick, and ye shall die a worshipful death.
I care not, said the knight, what knight soever he be, for I shall soon deliver him; and if I ever match him he shall have a shameful death, as many other have had.
If these terms do not please you, he will lay siege to Saragossa, and will seize your person, and carry you to Aix, the capital of the Empire, where you will die a shameful death.
Then he shall be brought to Aix, where he shall be put to a shameful death.
It was foul talking, to liken the noblest Knight in the world to one going to a shameful death.
They would find me guilty if I remained--they could not fail to find me guilty--and the disgrace of a fugitive will be less upon our house and name than the disgrace of a convicted murderer, dying a shameful death.
If Enoch and Elijah, if Moses, precursors of the Messiah, had not seen death, how could that prophet like unto Moses whom Jehovah had raised up end his career by a shameful death on the cross?
While Ben rejoiced and lifted silent thanks to God for his narrow escape from a shameful death, he felt no satisfaction in the knowledge that the men who had basely conspired against them had suffered the like terrible fate.
Neither Ben nor Richard Dewey could speak or think so lightly of the narrow escape they had had from a shameful death, and though they smiled, as was expected by the crowd, it was a grave smile, with no mirth in it.
The son of her much-loved Anne was, though innocent, implicated in a manner which apparently made it impossible to save him from a shameful death.
A shameful death on the Place de Greve will overtake you, as it has your accursed comrades in wickedness.
I am going to atone for my weakness by a shameful death.
It was an undertaking deserving the bitterest execration to plan the destruction of one such as you with your true heart all honour and valour---to devote you to a shameful death.
And will it be a shameful death to die thus in aiding the march of the deliverers to Jerusalem?
Thou knowest that I risk it with joy on the battlefield, but I care not to die a shameful death in this barbarous land.
Nero had ended his shameful life with a shameful death (68), and Galba, who succeeded him as emperor, held the reins of power with an aged and trembling grasp.
The only stumbling-block to their belief lay in the fact that the Messiah who came to deliver Israel and bring to light the glory of the kingdom of heaven, endured a shameful death.
She saw the son of her dear Anne innocently entangled in such a way that there hardly seemed any conceivable means of saving him from a shameful death.
Go on and finish your wicked deed; but remember that you also will die a shameful death at the Place Greve, like your atrocious partners in crime.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shameful death" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
