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How to use shamelessly in a sentence

12 example sentences · adverb

Shamelessly means in a shameless manner; without shame; impudently. Example: “He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.”

Examples of shamelessly by meaning

adverbIn a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

  • He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 68
  • Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest.2010 April 15, Iain Murray, “Chicagoan Voting System!”, in National Review Online
  • With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way.2014 July 10, Stephen Glover, “Sorry, but Gandhi statue in Westminster is a cheap stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history...

More sentences with shamelessly

  • Buay tank how they shamelessly give awards to themselves for being the best.2015 April 26, aiology (blog), retrieved 30 Mar 2016. From the entry buay tank
  • He was betrayed by his own people who were shamelessly treacherous."2001, Basavaraj Naikar, The Sun Behind the Cloud, page 239. From the entry firangi
  • Still, they say shamelessly that the Iranians are warmongers and Saddam is a peacelover.1982, Executive Office of the President, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service (publisher), Near…. From the entry peacelover
  • Lucy was strangely cheerful, animated with the sort of optimism that only a Hollywood scriptwriter could shamelessly contrive.2000, J. Lilly, The Cold Zone, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry gloomy goose
  • Meanwhile, I was laughing shamelessly and trying to formulate an intelligent warning about a future with cheese-less and pepperoni-less pizzas.1982 October 3, William Reed, “Vignette: The chain of life”, in Vermonter (The Burlington Free Press), Burlington, Vt., →OCLC, page 2…. From the entry pepperoni-less
  • Another Carney-directed effort features Sophie Okonedo and Tobias Menzies as divorced parents in a shamelessly romcommy London who might get back together.2021 August 13, Jack Seale, “Modern Love season two review – these second-rate romcoms won’t win your heart”, in The Guardian. From the entry romcommy
  • A lot of African-Americans believe the answer is Clinton, mostly because "she's not Trump" and because President Barack Obama is shamelessly caping for her.2016, Ken Makin, “Clinton-Trump debacle underscores gross misunderstanding of politics”, in Urban Pro Weekly, 6 October - 12 October 2016…. From the entry cape
  • He pandered to this, keeping a tin of funsize chocolate bars to hand and using them shamelessly and almost always successfully as bribes.2001, Sarah Harrison, The Grass Memorial, Flame, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 229. From the entry funsize
  • But he suits the group well: their giddy mix of ork pop, jam pop, and extremely white reggae plays shamelessly to fans of cutesy college rock.2004 February 20, Monica Kendrick, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry ork pop

Meaning of shamelessly

  1. adverb In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

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Questions about shamelessly in a sentence

How do you use shamelessly in a sentence?
Shamelessly is used as an adverb. For example: “He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.”
What is a short sentence with shamelessly?
“He was betrayed by his own people who were shamelessly treacherous."”
What does shamelessly mean?
Shamelessly means in a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

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