abash

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Friends made in the Young Men's Bible Class at his uncle's church abash his rusticity, put him in touch with the spirit of the time, to Succeed.

From Time Magazine Archive

In between, the noise quotient would abash a pneumatic drill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Major scenes are Ivan's coronation; his destruction of the Tartar city of Kazan; his rising from his supposed deathbed to abash those who are plotting against his son's succession.

From Time Magazine Archive

Confused and blushing, La Louve ventured neither to reply nor raise her eyes towards Madame d'Harville, so completely did the presence of that dignified person abash and overpower her.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 6 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

The steady gaze she fixed upon him seemed to awe and abash him, and it was with unfeigned agitation that he now spoke.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James