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How to use shameless in a sentence

19 example sentences · adjective

Shameless means having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace. Example: “Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”.”

More sentences with shameless

  • Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”.2017 October, “A portrait of the artists as a pair of young wastrels”, in Standpoint Magazine, archived from the original on 28 Sep 2017. From the entry priapic
  • Shameless in-game purchases aimed at kids have been in the news recently.2016, Patrick Aievoli, Veal: The Rise of Generation Interactive, page 41. From the entry in-game
  • The creative donuts are worth the long line and the shameless compulsory foodstagram.2016 March 22, Kallyn Hobmann, Rachel Finegold, Amanda Yoo, “Spring break in L.A.”, in The Arrow, Westlake High School, West Lake, CA…. From the entry foodstagram
  • She also submitted herself to daggering, the shameless, controversial dancehall dance maneuver that involves rapid-fire pelvic thrusts.2009 September 7, Jon Caramanica, “A Dose of Raunch on a Night of Stars, Shtick and Slapstick”, in New York Times. From the entry daggering
  • Punning, and competition therein, was encouraged—nay, actively abetted—by Callahan, himself a hopeless and utterly shameless paronomasiac.2004, Spider Robinson, Off The Wall At Callahan's, Macmillan, page 9. From the entry paronomasiac
  • A special characteristic of the LTI is the shameless shortleggedness of their lies.2000, Wolfgang Mieder, Strategies of Wisdom: Anglo-American and German Proverb Studies, page 313. From the entry short-leggedness
  • You can find it at (shameless plug) The Ferret Cage, along with Hal's other Spenderfic.1999 October 10, drovar, “Re: Fave slash stories?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet). From the entry Spenderfic
  • Bob is a shameless tourist: Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf, Twin Peaks, ad infinitum.1978 August 19, David Brill, “California Here I Come!”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 5, page 10. From the entry experiment
  • Shameless e-begging, or a justified act of financial desperation?2016, Meet the students crowdfunding their tuition, The Guardian. From the entry e-begging
  • Singapore’s star awards – the most shameless show.2015 April 26, aiology (blog), retrieved 30 Mar 2016. From the entry buay tank
  • As for hugging, I'm a shameless hugaholic.2001, Fritz Klein, Tom Schwartz, editors, Bisexual and Gay Husbands: Their Stories, Their Words, Harrington Park Press, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry hugaholic
  • Thanks for patiently scrolling through this shameless self-pluggery.1994 March 27, PStuart, “Magickal Fiction Online”, in alt.magick (Usenet). From the entry pluggery
  • The BJP state government is directly responsible for allowing this shameless display of mob violence by the Hindu rashtrawadis.1991, JPRS Report: Near East & South Asia · Issue 91012, United States: Foreign Broadcast Information Service, pages 60-61. From the entry rashtrawadi
  • The actors carry off this farce with the usual crude camp, semaphore gestures, shameless hamminess, and heavy ogling.1988 October 21, Lawrence Bommer, “Magnum Farce”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry hamminess
  • I am shameless enough to sometimes speak of my "nockies".1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 56. From the entry nockies
  • Her father and mine was a shameless man and of all his illegitimates I am the most unfortunate and poverty stricken.1966, Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea, New York: Norton, Part 2, p. 96. From the entry illegitimate
  • Max Bialystock is many things — a stinking liar, a crook, a shameless noodge, a stud muffin for the elderly and infirm.2007 January 19, Charles Isherwood, “Welterweight Bialystock Treads Softly on Big Shtick”, in New York Times. From the entry noodge
  • And in the midst of better conditions and brighter prospects the shameless, brainless, fameless bipeds pollute the atmosphere, poison hearts and plant discontent.1915, William Crosbie Hunter, Evening Round Up. From the entry fameless
  • We literary hacks are shameless creatures.1908, E[dward] M[organ] Forster, “Possibilities of a Pleasant Outing”, in A Room with a View, London: Edward Arnold, →OCLC, part I, page 73. From the entry pry

Meaning of shameless

  1. adjective Having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.
  2. adjective Not subject to other people’s shaming or reproach.

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Questions about shameless in a sentence

How do you use shameless in a sentence?
Shameless is used as an adjective. For example: “Both artists were charming, shameless and cruel, and revelled in what Bacon called an “atmosphere of threat”.”
What is a short sentence with shameless?
“We literary hacks are shameless creatures.”
What does shameless mean?
Shameless means having no shame, no guilt nor remorse over something considered wrong; immodest, brazen; unable to feel disgrace.

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