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Meanings of shame in English
Variously, an affect, emotion, cognition, state, or condition.
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Examples for "disgrace"
Examples for "disgrace"
1
That could so often lead to disgrace at the court martial table.
2
To be sent home in disgrace, having caused a major interspecies incident?
3
Some viewed the ban as a national disgrace but you know what?
4
She would need to know who had personally witnessed my public disgrace.
5
ACT Party leader David Seymour said the attendance figures were a disgrace.
1
The weapon really meant business, not just business, but business with ignominy.
2
I'd seen the ignominy when people went Satoshi hunting in the past.
3
The goal came just in time to rescue the final from ignominy.
4
He could not carry out the enterprise; he would reap only ignominy.
5
But the final ignominy for all those smarting film producers out there?
Usage of shame in English
1
It is not you who bears the shame; I am the one.
2
Be it so: one can bear that; jealousy is the real shame.
3
Guest flushed with embarrassment; with something deeper than embarrassment; with honest shame.
4
The soldier hung his head in shame and led the horse away.
5
With shame Desire noticed that the lessons in the Quarterly were dated.
6
The hot shame of the idea was a better stimulant than brandy.
7
And thus in crime and shame the House of Valois went down.
8
First, the letter to shame her; then the bullet to hang him.
9
The realisation of the meaning of the words covers me with shame.
10
He remembered only the shame and the injured honor of his daughter.
11
His hand shook, but it was in exultation rather than in shame.
12
So that grave, sweet word had died in shame upon her lips.
13
The young criminal looked down in shame and confusion, and answered hesitatingly:
14
A turmoil of shame and wounded pride began raging in the girl.
15
She bit her lip in the intensity of her chagrin and shame.
16
The hour vanished in a slow mist of abject misery and shame.
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Translations for shame
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Shame through the time
Shame across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
Canada
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