ashamed
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"I would be ashamed to have written any part of this," Wilson argued in the London Review of Books, adding it "lacks many of the elements that make the poem great".
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Published in the London Review of Books, external, Wilson said she "would be ashamed to have written any of this script", describing the film's narrative structure as "gimmicky."
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
“Blacks were ashamed of those derogatory images,” she told the New York Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
The AMA ought to be ashamed for ignoring the bulk of American physicians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
He sounded like he didn’t want to be left alone, but he was too ashamed to say so.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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