Crossword clues for put to shame
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To humiliate; to disgrace. 2 To outdo; to surpass; to outperform; to show up.
Usage examples of "put to shame".
So of course I cannot hope to tell you how great was the charm of this little Princess, or how her loveliness put to shame all the sparkling jewels and magnificent luxury that surrounded her in this her royal palace.
He felt put to shame in front of his wife, and cast a dark look at Captain Michales, Once again he's made a fool of me, he thought.
Her thighs were of a largeness to put to shame anything I had ever lain with.
And I, according to my copy, have done set it in imprint, to the intent that noble men may see and learn the noble acts of chivalry, the gentle and virtuous deeds that some knights used in those days, by which they came to honour, and how they that were vicious were punished and oft put to shame and rebuke.
My splendid borrowed craft of six oarsmen rather put to shame the uncovered, two-oared canoe of the Lord Red Heron which was, that same day, likewise bringing his son home from school for the ceremonial month of Cuahuitl Ehua.
Will none of you take the place of the son of Handir, that the House of Haleth be not put to shame?