shame

Example Sentences

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My skin itches with shame as I remember moments when I was just as mean.

From Literature

Rowan ran on, his cheeks burning with shame.

From Literature

Then, let them know why you are raising the complaint—that you are not raising it to shame them, but to improve your relationship.

From The Wall Street Journal

“A day of incalculable shame on our government,” co-counsel Mark Rosenbaum of the civil rights law firm Public Counsel wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times

"Perhaps shame fades all the more easily when you're 70, and no one pays attention to you anymore. I don't know. I wasn't afraid of my wrinkles, or my body," she confided.

From Barron's