half-shamed
- a word derived from shame.
Example Sentences
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By sympathy she was able now to divine the sighs, the half-acknowledged longings, the half-shamed daydreams, the revulsions, the sinkings back again.
From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
“Do you s'pose that's it?” said Mrs. Zelotes, her old face relaxing into half-shamed, half-pleased smiles.
From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
He slackened his hold upon her, with a quivering, half-shamed laugh.
From Greatheart by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Meeting her two brothers at lunch, she received the half-shamed congratulations of one and the sarcastic comments of the other without the smallest hint of discomfiture.
From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
Will you take another job round the Creek here, or----' I paused, scanning my only friend's face, and seeing my loss of him writ plainly in his downcast eyes and half-shamed expression.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)
