Example Sentences

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Her mother just passed away, and Annie is bemused, or half-ashamed, at feeling insufficiently sad.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 8, 2018

The very sound of his name�after a steady diet of heroes who seemed half-ashamed of being heroes at all�seemed to leave millions with a lump in their throats and a cheer on their lips.

From Time Magazine Archive

The first temptation is to be half-regretful, half-ashamed of our strength .

From Time Magazine Archive

"We have been half-ashamed of our divinely created animal instincts."

From Time Magazine Archive

And finally she asked hesitantly, half-ashamed: Is this the right thing to do?

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman