How To Use Sham In A Sentence

I dont know what these people keep talking about I bought sham wow and it SUCKS it just pushed the liquid around and did NOT absorb it at all, its a piece of crap use real car shammies, paper towels, sponges, or regular dishrags and you'd get way better results. Undefined
Police believe a gang of up to five men were responsible for a raid on a Melksham store in which hundreds of pounds were stolen from an unlocked office.
Right now it's pretty dry and thrashed from the stripping treatment, but I have expensive shampoo and conditioner, and the brutal hairdresser assured me that with patience and continued use my hair would work its way back to normal. Hair fix #3
It would be a shame to lose it - it is the landmark of the town centre.
It was so obvious they have had contact since NZ and this was a scripted farce to deter us from the fact that Jason Mesnick the most hated man in America and his ice princess walk of shamer Molly WERE CHEATING. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

He had a bank balance that a senior merchant banker would not be ashamed of.
Both the antisense drug and glibenclamide led to 75% reductions in spinal cord lesion volume six weeks after the injury, compared with sham-treated animals, the researchers reported. Social Security Reports, News and Informaion
Instead, the selection process became a charade - a complete and utter sham. The Sun
To my shame I refused to listen to her side of the story.
I peered over. There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a 11)tribal war dance of sheer unashamed 12)ecstasy.
Supposedly olive oil is the only oil that can be shampooed out. Head Lice and Shame « Colleen Anderson
Greek weekly "Proto Thema", an unregretted and shameless Akin stated that he killed Solomou and would do it again if needed. OpEdNews - Diary: Murdering Peace in Derynia
The ladies took the stand for the second time during the surrebuttal and again dumped on Lana shamelessly. Guilty Feelings
The shamal comes in quickly and silently, like an ocher paint roller, and can blow for several days straight, subsiding slightly at night when the air is cooler. Peace Meals
[42] Of such ministers and counselors, the holy king said that they who were confounded and ashamed should remove themselves far from him: _Avertantur statim erubescentes, qui dicunt mihi, "Euge, euge! The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing t
The litter on the boreen in Tullyvarraga, black bags of household rubbish thrown in over the wall, is a shame, a black spot in the quest for Tidy Towns glory.
Compulsions are obvious to an observer and can cause considerable shame and embarrassment.
We looked limp and pallid and shambolic by comparison.
She shamed him into making amends
A range of shampoos, emollient products and some topical steroid preparations can be bought from pharmacies.
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
Our imperial past is now regarded rather shamefully. Times, Sunday Times
There is no shame in favoring the .30 and below calibers because of recoil issues ... or just practical financial reasons. 270WSM....for moose?
Guest speakers include David Ledsham, lecturer in art and design at the University of Ulster, and John Wood from Goldsmiths College in London.
It is a shame that one high-profile incident has had such an impact. The Sun
And Polly ran into her own room, to prink also, fearing that her friend might be ashamed of her plain costume. An Old-Fashioned Girl
Man with just a passing twinge of shame.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority, he strayed into a two-mile wide no-fly zone over Heysham nuclear power station.
For shame, Barnet! what ninnis, what hartless raskles, you must beleave them to be, — in the fust plase, to fancy that you are a politticle genus; in the secknd, to let your politix interfear with their notiums about littery merits! The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
I felt shamed for being called crybaby and a fraidy cat by family members and others. Undefined
I have not seen such a drunken shambles for ages - he was really struggling, slurring his words, the lot.
A lack of contrition would be, for example, if the defendant was purporting to express regret for his crimes in the courtroom, but simultaneously sending anonymous tweets to the effect that the trial is a sham, the judge is bought off, etc. The Volokh Conspiracy » More on the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Subpoena to Twitter, Demanding Identification of Anonymous Critic of Corbett’s
A shame since it includes the weapons, sabotage devices and other inventions which undoubtedly frustrated the German forces.
He was embarrassed and even ashamed of his indiscretion, but then he realized that there was no way he could have been heard above the roar of the boisterous crowd.
Masked, they were dynamic, varied, and hilarious, so that their masks actually seemed to become their faces, despite their grotesqueness; unmasked, they were slow, hesitant, and awkward, as if ashamed of the material.
Richard inspected and rejected as poor towel substitutes a loofah, a half-empty bottle of shampoo, and a small yellow rubber duck. NEVERWHERE
Shamefacedness is derived from _aidos_ in the Greek, and has The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity
We're surrounded by families with kids in every direction so I no longer feel shame for wearing my trackies and having unkept hair at three (ok six) in the pm.
He hesitates, looking particularly grave, and finally brings himself to utter the shameful words.
Anywhere he roams, she is there, a reminder of the fragility of his heart and of his sham relationships.
It is temporary accommodation which puts most permanent local housing to shame.
It's a shame this movie made so much when other better movies can't even find a distributor. delilah try reading a evem apage of any of the books before you judge it!!!!!!!!! Box Office: Twilight Goes For The Throat with $33M Friday; Possible $70.5M Weekend | /Film
I wunner effen dis squirrel washed teh hair wif de Herbal Essences kind of shamp…..sham…..hair washing stuffs! Umm… I luv dis - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
The shame of NOT celebrating something I've informed my readers about motivates me not to forget the date--a form of precommitment! Zoe P. Strassfield: Plans and Precommitment: 2012 in Space!
She squirted herself a generous amount of shampoo and began lathering her hair with it.
He explained that often recently single people are ashamed of their new status and need help relearning the social scene from a single person's perspective.
Once the more resistant gently dipping rocks of the Cotswolds have been removed, the underlying softer beds are easily eroded, so the Jurassic escarpments to the east of the Vales of Evesham and Gloucester retreated through time.
Everybody has a sense of shame.
Gresham will stand trial for murder.
Thought his pain and shame would be lesser, If on womankind he might his anger wreak, THE CALLIGRAPHER
Shame he didn't win any gongs to take home in those huge pockets. The Sun
Hurry up! It would be a shame to miss the beginning of the play.
Today's pop quiz is in honor of an actress for whom I once had precious little respect and whose casting over any number of other performers got me feeling dischuffed to the point of, if not beyond, churlishness until one day I found myself inexplicably fond of her and ashamed of my earlier thuggish disrespect. Who Goes There - Pop Quiz
He'd seen this face dozens of times, smiling out from the TV screen, extolling the virtues of shampoo. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW
No one is privy to her despair, her chaos, and her shame. Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model
I would venture the opinion that the TRC was a logical conclusion to our atrocious and shameful past. SPEECH BY ADV DE LANGE ANC MP DURING THE PRESIDENT'S TABLING OF RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO THE TRC
Elsewhere in Wiltshire, flood warnings were in place in Melksham and drivers were disrupted by floodwater in Lacock.
So fie, for shame, and I declare myself rededicated to this humble art, even to the extent of journaling at work.
Had Diego Milito's goal in the first leg been correctly ruled out for being sixty-miles offside, or had Barça's totally valid goal not been shambolically dismissed, then Barcelona would have contested the final in Madrid. How do you like your sour grapes, Señor Xavi Hernández? | Richard Williams
From beyond the doors, the hubbub still continued; but it trailed off, damped by the hush of those in front to a kind of shamefaced muttering. Funeral Games
I am not to learne, that these accidents by thee related, may happen to fooles, who are voide of understanding or shame: but such as are wise, and endued with vertue, have alwayes such a precious esteeme of their honour, that they wil containe those principles of constancie, which men are meerely carelesse of, and I justifie my wife to be one of them. The Decameron
Better poor with honour than rich with shame.
What sort of shampoo do you use?
He said things he knew perfectly well he did not mean, and he was not at all ashamed of owning this strange character trait.
It would be a shame to lose this huge green space to militarization," said Michael P. Filippello, a budgeter for the International Monetary Fund, who is leading the outreach. Gardeners near Capitol Hill prepare to repel a Marine Corps invasion
She was ashamed of her humble background.
Three winners will receive a set of 180-thread-count cotton-polyester-blend sheets, a comforter, two shams and a bed skirt; queen size only.
Shame on you for being so unkind.
McCain makes the Bush daughters look demure, which is a shame: we had so much hope for them taking over their father's mantle, but McCain looks like she will be fun too. Paul Jenkins: Republican Circus: Extended Engagement
Which smears the sense of guilt with a veneer of shame and regret. Times, Sunday Times
I would have carried my burden more lightly, not been overcome by a spirit of seriousness and of shame.
We would also know intriguingly what shampoo and hair conditioner he buys. Times, Sunday Times
That is a shame, because the cold snap brought a magical winter scene of frosty nights under starry skies. Times, Sunday Times
What a complete and utter shambles. Times, Sunday Times
We feel ashamed and guilty,' he said. Times, Sunday Times
The night's very dark," said Hobbie, rising and looking through the casement of the cottage; "and, to speak truth, and shame the deil, though Elshie's a real honest fallow, yet somegate I would rather take daylight wi 'me when I gang to visit him. The Black Dwarf
It is quite possible that his only truly shameful act was his abandonment of his daughter and her mother, not to mention his mendacious behaviour toward my mother.
The book's showbiz scenarios mock theatrical and film prototypes and stereotypes - the revolving cast and their scrimshank plaster-of-Paris mise-en-scene go round and round on the book's gigantic turntable, a shambolic revue, a whirlwind farce ... Comments for RealityStudio
Masham Parish Council wanted to add uplighters to the stone bridge over the River Ure at a cost of about £4,500, but the scheme is strongly opposed by North Yorkshire County Council whose officials say it would be illegal.
Desire kept his head down and held his gait to an ordinary shamble, all to come as close as he could. HAMMERFALL
His jaw dropped, and I felt ashamed of my answer, for who was I to so speak to a Brother, even if he be a solitary?
Man's dearest possession is life. It is given to him but once, and he must live it so as to feel no torturing regrets for wasted years, never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past; so live that, dying, he might say: all my life, all my strength were given to the finest cause in all the world--the fight for the Liberation of Mankind.
The rich subsidizers then perversely declare they cannot possibly expand trade with the poor world because of its shameful disrespect for the environment.
Her husband felt ashamed at her behaviour.
It planned for a mock battle, shammed unity, and were confused by the intransigence and solidarity of the other side.
Brands like Artec shampoo are slathered on dark-haired cows, while Pantene is preferred for the blonder bovines. Well-Heeled Men Behind Manolos Try on Hooves for Size
There was a woman who had to sell her brainchild - baby shampoo - to Tesco.
There, the primitive mind practiced animistic shamanism. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
You won't believe this part," he said in a kind of shamefaced way. The Window-Gazer
She helpfully suggested I try this smoothing shampoo and companion conditioner.
They bring shame and disgrace on the religion. The Sun
And the coverage of U.S. atrocities aroused feelings of shame rather than pride.
It's a crying shame to cover up your body.
But some experts were quick to accuse the chancellor of shameless electioneering.
Billings was a clumsy, maladroit man, his fingers astonishingly competent with a wireless set, his other limbs ungainly and shambling. IN LOVE AND WAR
Shame: a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour. Times, Sunday Times
Norms use the clubs of stigma and shame to punish deviants, nonconformists, and radicals.
An emergency squad of 600 plumbers and electricians has been drafted in to repair the shambles. The Sun
I started to shampoo my hair then rinsed it after.
Tate Modern, SE1, Thu to 5 JunSkye SherwinS1 Artspace continues to establish itself on the contemporary art-world map with this unashamedly spaced-out show of Jennifer West film installations. This week's new exhibitions
European Powers is exhausted on Poland, and that neither pity nor shame will induce them to break a thankless neutrality, here; but in the face of all barely probable contingencies, I doubt no more of the ultimate result, than I doubt of the ultimate performance of the justice of God. Border and Bastille
Yet Pétain was no such thing; he was a lifelong soldier and a genuine war hero, rather than some preening sham in jackboots.
It seems a shame to waste this good food.
Operating a cash-poor shamus practice in Edinburgh, occasionally bringing along his precocious daughter from a broken marriage, Brodie is clearly more of a doer than a brooder. Matt's Guide to Weekend TV: Walking Dead, Case Histories and More!
This multitool cigarette case from the Great Depression will put your pocket knife to shame. HUFFPOST HILL - Where Republicans Move Their Money
They all committed seppuku in shame and we lost the account.
When Rostnikov repeated that the primary evidence against Samsonov was the testimony of an Evenk shaman, Samsonov had to be restrained by Famfanoff who, surprisingly, found enough strength within his abused body to control the furious doctor. A Cold Red Sunrise
She took extra minutes to adjust the water's temperature, took extra time shampooing her hair, and extra minutes relaxing at the end of the shower.
It would be a shame if he lost his affable, easy-going nature. Times, Sunday Times
She reddened with shame.
I bow my head in shame when I think of how I treated her.
He appeals to a staunch, hard-core audience, and it would be a shame if they muzzle him.
Hiatt had come to oppose Shames and his plan to build a $ 30 million high-tech distribution center in Louisville, Ky.
Possibly he has little complimentary sachets of shampoo and shower gel too.
Roll Call of the Cowed and the Sameful-Shameful yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Roll Call of the Cowed and the Sameful-Shameful'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: For President Bushmaster - a bushmaster is a highly venomous snake, extraordinarily dangerous to humans, that inhabits the Southern tropics (See, I can match \'em bam-for-BAM!) - to suggest it was "disgusting" is so like a hog calling a wallowing pig filthy.' Roll Call of the Cowed and the Sameful-Shameful
The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
I oscillate between shame, self forgiveness and anger with the world at large. (No) Money Changes Everything | Her Bad Mother
Slowly, with enthusiasm that would put coffin bearers to shame, he moved past the poster cases, making nothing of the garish imagery and loud print.
Maybe it helps understanding one kind of hoarder, but its presentation obscures understanding of – and arguably imposes shame upon – another. Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother
Even as it soothed my heart, I had to wonder if it was a sham for my bene. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
But I am thankful to live in times when men no longer have the temptation to write so as to call blushes on women’s cheeks, and would shame to whisper wicked allusions to honest boys. Roundabout Papers
Tell the men, " Turalyon said softly, drawing Lothar'shammer with his other.
It's just a shame that beach is shingle, rather than sand. Times, Sunday Times
And the men controlling the most powerful countries in the world ought to be ashamed.
She gasped out loud at the first icy stab of the droplets, then quickly shampooed her hair.
He is a great, flabby sham, an actor close to suicide, maybe - and this is an extraordinary display of incipient madness or incorrigible playfulness.
Serving as an admonition to all ladies and gentlewomen, not to mock or scorne gentlemen-Schollers, when they make meanes of love to them: Except they intend to seeke their owne shame, by disgracing them The Decameron
When Ann gets home, she's ashamed, haunted by her moment of kleptomania.
_Abigail_ had any relation to the Lady Masham, is, therefore, quite supererogative -- but I may go farther. Notes and Queries, Number 195, July 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
Most sheets, pillow cases, bed skirts and shams are machine washable.
Even in this day and age, when unmarried mothers are hardly seen as shameless hussies anymore, there are still girls who suffer incredible loneliness because they daren't bring shame upon their families.
It was a shame that the ineptitude failed to spark more goalmouth action. Times, Sunday Times
Turning 50 is a cause for sombre reflection, not celebration," opined Norris and, as a flurry of firemen attempted to free her empurpled cranium, shame descended once more. World Of Lather
I regard that man as lost, who has lost his sense of shame.
While theoretical academics and self-conscious modernists shy away from the sentimental pitfalls of such subjects as love, sex and death, the country and western crooners would give the human tragi-comedy full unashamed voice. This week's new exhibitions
For some reason best known to whoever it was, a lifebuoy on Abbeyside strand was taken from its berthing and shamelessly burned.
Eliade likewise noted that shamans managed to “interiorise” a particular cultural mythology or cosmology before having their mystical experiences. Questions Of Faith
The fact that the dim-witted and near-sighted MPAA has slapped an NC-17 rating on Steve McQueen's Shame implies that there is something prurient about this film, whose central figure is a sex addict, struggling with his demons. Marshall Fine: Movie review: Shame
My summing up of her abysmal and shameful performance is written below.
It is no shame for me," said Credhe, "I to die for grief after Cael, since the stag is shortening his life sorrowing after the hind. Gods and Fighting Men
And finally you reveal the sham of yourself, the lip-service you pay to the idea that "[f] or a reviewer, I suppose all published work is fair game and, as writers, we should expect to take the good with the bad, review-wise" in your email, when you mewl pitiably that, "if I had received that email, I would have taken down the review. How Not to be a Writer
You could immediately tell that it had been shampooed, and their hair turned out to be very curly.
Lewisham Council insists there will be no shortage of secondary school places in September.
Bloggers have resorted to public shaming, posting photos of manspreading offenders caught in the act of indiscreet sitting.
For De Vos, Benedict's text had been both an inspiration and a foil, against which he argued that the Japanese are a deeply interiorized and guilt-ridden people and not motivated by external emotions rooted in social shame as Benedict had described. Marcelo M. Suarez-Orozco : The Fox
The screeches of some of the more outlandish among gloomy modern composers or the illiterate wailings of some vapid rock ‘musician’ are subjected to sham scholarship and pseudo philosophising.
Grace ought to be ashamed of herself , hurling herself at that boy so openly.
I mean, hell, if I was accused of molesting children, had a face falling apart, a career in shambles, and had become a mockery of my former self, I'd be on drugs too. Archive: Oct 08 - Mar 09
The developers told councillors they would pay ￡3.5m to create an infrastructure for the settlement, between Hurworth and Neasham.
As they watched, one of the players shambled over to the jukebox and fed a handful of coins into it.
It's a shame that we have lost to a main competitor and we could have dealt with the goal better. Times, Sunday Times
The shaman automatically receives D6 extra magic cards to use during that magic phase.
It is completely illogical to assume that being ashamed and having your school "excoriate" you will be motivational in any way. The Reality Check
The finale featured solo turns by some of Glover's student devotees, young and old, and a joyous shim-sham dance by the entire cast.
As they turned into the hedges that bordered the door, a man motioned to Gordon, shamefaced. A THEORY OF RELATIVITY
It is a shame that the Canadian toponymic committee does not recognize exclamation marks as being a legitimate part of place names! VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1
The publication triggered a new storm over shameless MPs just when it seemed they could go no lower in public esteem. The Sun
Once Shamir had rejected this invitation, Peres entered into intensive negotiations in an attempt to achieve a majority.
I hadn't spent my whole seventeen years perfecting my defenses to my mother's attempts at shaming me for nothing.
And she was from Basingstoke, which is nothing to be ashamed of. Excerpt: The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
But Luo Zhixiang occasionally reveals the simple and honest makings, pour may also develop open shamelessly.
An ideal connection that puts any solder to shame.
As California's harvests begin next month, Juan's plight will highlight a nation's shame.
I behaved badly yesterday and I am ashamed now.
What was more, I was determined to defy the frigidity of my race, that ancient shameful legacy of inhibition.
Behaving badly to those we love always makes us feel ashamed. Times, Sunday Times
It can even work out quick detours around traffic jams and roadworks, if you encounter any, Evesham said.
Instead of falling dead, though, the figure shambled after his head.
That's a shame, because her brand of industrial slap was really starting to grow on me.
And this really is a pity, and this is a shame, because what does that mean for United Nations to expulse people who are fighting day after day at the local level to change what's happening, to try to defend the poor people, to defend the farmers, the indigenous people and so on? Democracy Now!
A 16-year-old boy who carried out two knifepoint robberies after smoking cannabis has been named and shamed by a judge.
It seems such a shame to throw perfectly good food away.
There's no shame, no guardedness and perhaps most impressively, no status anxiety. Robi Ludwig: Life Lessons Learned Over Coffee
Shame it's not with one hand, in what surely Simon knows as the wanking sign. Rude animation requested and produced.
Where their debut looked to the KLF, Surfing the Void's psychonautical vocabulary recalls another oddball early 90s dance act, the Shamen, who infiltrated the top 10 with talk of a "shamanic, anarchistic, archaic revival" in the days when trance acts played clubs with names like Megatripolis and expounded on the mystical importance of the number The Guardian World News
The man Christ's voluntary and most innocent, most shameful, and most cruel death on the Cross was the deletion and purgation of, and the satisfaction for, all the carnal desires of human nature.
Dirrach allowed himself to wonder if one of the outlanders was a true shaman, and felt his flesh creep. The Magic May Return
There is Samsara, with it's minimalistic yet rich melange of jasmine, sandalwood and vanilla; Songes, shamelessly floral through and through with jasmine, frangipanni and powdery-sweet vanilla foundation; or Ormonde Jayne's airy and light rendition of Frangipanni Absolute. Archive 2008-06-01
The ones who were subjected to insults and humiliations hung their heads down in shame.
The defendant was ashamed, sorry and had written the victim a letter of apology.
‘Well, I, uhm, don't know what I'm going to tell Ricky,’ I admit, shamefaced.
All are so media savvy and willing to give information rather than conceal it... it somewhat puts their dads to shame. The Sun
SHAME is a metadata editing and presentation framework for RDF metadata.
She saws away at her pancake, looking a little ashamed.
Mary was so embarrassed. She could only hide her face in shame.
Expelled, who use the term shamelessly to attack evolution, people on all sides of the political spectrum should rally around this call for change. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The history of racism in accusations and punishments for rape is sordid and shameful.
It would be a great shame and a waste of time and money if the flowers were left dry and underfed, therefore any help with maintaining them would be truly appreciated.
Wet your hair and apply the shampoo.
The vegetable gardens spread out from the house, laced with marigolds and a purple ground cover that looks like shamrocks: trebol, in Spanish.
The shamal blew when Bassam and his friend were about halfway to Baghdad. Peace Meals
You have instead brought shame and disgrace. Times, Sunday Times
Kibo and I found him and I never should have told them and I should have kept him secret and had him always and let them stay drunk at the beer shamba. Hemingway on Hunting
My father, in the first agitations of his mind, on discovering your wicked, your shameful elopement, imprecated on his knees a fearful curse upon you. Clarissa Harlowe
The tanna R. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus expanded the restriction of Shammai (limiting sexual connection to the first act of intercourse only) for the mature bride to all brides and put them in the category of niddah. Female Purity (Niddah).
Avoid shampooing every day (even mild shampoos can increase dryness), and rotate shampoos every week or so to prevent a body- and shine-busting accumulation of any one type of cleanser.
The room was in shambles and their master laid crumpled and bleeding on the floor.
A jury in Canada has found three members of an Afghan family guilty of drowning three teenage sisters and another woman in what the judge described as "cold-blooded, shameful murders" resulting from a "twisted concept of honour". 'Honour killings': Canadian jury finds Afghan family guilty
A senior Army officer said that the ammunition crisis was "shambolic" and came at the worst possible time for the Army. Boing Boing: July 17, 2005 - July 23, 2005 Archives
Among the Eskimo the _angakok_, or shaman, trains his child from infancy in the art of sorcery, taking him upon his knee during his incantations and conjurations. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day

How To Use Sham In A Sentence

Report a problem

Please indicate a type of error

Additional information (optional):