| 单词 | shame |
| 例句 | The shame was thick on Toby’s face, and he barely looked at either of them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It seemed a shame to light them, but Sapo lit one up anyway. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I flinch with shame as Ma’s voice trails off. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And oh, the hot flush of shame that chased that picture. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z ‘Well,’ said Gimli, ‘if it has Andúril to keep it company, my axe may stay here, too, without shame’; and he laid it on the floor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Our presence awoke in them no sense of shame whatever, for we blacks were not considered human anyway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The fact shames him, causes him to turn briefly away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a sham and a shame is what it is,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A rush of shame flooded him, and he ran. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I could only feel shame seeing my mother wear her shame so boldly. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As she looked into my eyes, I felt the shame I had caused her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A low hiss of disapproval sounded through the great hall, and Lyra felt the shame he must be feeling, as well as a deep glow of pride in her brave father. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He identified himself with his family and felt their naked shame under the eyes of white folks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a shame there was no one to boast to but Silas. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Said his son: “If you are curious, Father, watch and see the stuff that’s in me. No more talk of shame.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked home limp as a rag; I had not felt anything except sullen anger and a crushing sense of shame. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If they made a verdict that she didn’t want Tea Cake and wanted him dead, then that was a real sin and a shame. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z None of the villages shamed any signs of having been attacked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But I knew that if I did I would shame my family name, that my mother’s dream would crumble. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she reached the cove and the caves where Tane had held her sweetly, where he’d kissed her and helped her come to understand that there was no shame in her body or her desires. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I was confused, feeling shame for the two women and fear that I had talked too much and offended his sensibilities. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘My!’ said Mrs. Lapham, ‘that’s worse than anything I had imagined. Now isn’t that a shame! Bright boy like Johnny just ruined. No more good than a horse with sprung knees.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Without any shame he would faithfully apply my mother’s sundry ointments each morning and each night, slowly working into his scalp the brightly tinted gobs without romance or fuss. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He burned with shame to hear himself speak like this, but he also couldn't stop. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Seven’s eyes flew open as she realized she was too caught up in her own panic to notice who was left with her, who shared the shame of being left for last. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z To my shame, I realized I was almost crying. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It is also said that the mother ran away in shame and that the brother joined the star woman in the sky when he died. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “You’re entitled to your emotions. There shouldn’t be any shame in that.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That was very good! One lesson, and you’re already putting me to shame!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The shame and stigma are not limited to the individual; they extend to family members and friends—even whole communities are stigmatized by the presence of those caught and thus tainted by the system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He told me once that “youth is wasted on the young” and said it was a shame that other people his age had a fear of computers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “You can stay here where it’s safe, and we’ll come collect you later, when the trouble’s through. There’s no shame in it.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I know she’d die with that story still inside her, partly out of shame, but mostly to protect us. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It’s a shame that they have to move. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s a shame how a company that does not even know me personally is willing to help me me so much. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z There was no photo of Jasper Jr., which was a shame since he was the star of the arson report. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And she hated him a lot for the shame she felt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I have to bear your brother, what he did, the shame of it, his absence.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Still,” said HairySpiders, licking her paws, “it’d be a shame to let perfectly good egg goo go to waste. One creature’s nastiness is another creature’s nibble.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Whatever she was, this cruel little girl—his own would-be murderer, not least—the sight of her sprawled out like that at Rasalas’s mercy shamed him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Her shame nourished them as no food could. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The shame of it makes my skin feel tight. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There’s no shame in saying somebody died, but the vocabulary of mortality avoids it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The four looked to one another now, aware that even though they had passed their final test, one of them would not be ordained and would be sent home in shame. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We returned to our places, shame in our souls but fear gnawing at us nevertheless. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame that money has to enter into everything,” I lamented. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Such a shame you girls haven’t the gentility to join our club. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z In the morning the shame had not gone away. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Her parents, Sicilians lately come over from the other side, had shut up the girl in a dark room so that the neighbors could not see her shame increase. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z You bring shame upon us all with your fighting,’ the wives were scolded by the oldest woman in the village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bigger, honey, she won’t go to school no more. She says the other girls look at and make her ’shamed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He was shaken by a sudden shame and fear; and he felt a great reluctance to reveal the Ring, and a loathing of its touch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘Isn’t it a shame about his poor hand? But I hope he’s all right otherwise. He’s had a cruel time.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Charlie tried to remember, he tried, but all he had was fog and haze and a parade of loss that numbed and shamed. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I felt shame that I didn’t remember for m\\self, but I picked up a couple from a bunch on the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z White Americans have thought of it as their shame, and have envied those more civilized and elegant European nations that were untroubled by the presence of black men on their shores. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z But I also remembered our embarrassment and shame at the cemetery, and wondered how much Grandpa had really cared about all he made us do. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I’m afraid of my fingers against a sunlit window and the shocking relief that comes with it, when I should feel shame. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z As it was, she could feel her curls unceremoniously uncurling; she forced herself to converse, that she might not see herself in a small, strange room, ever shrinking with shame, far away from everyone else. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z A shame no one set me right on this common misapprehension, really. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z The shame of the lie still stuck in his craw, but Varys had insisted it was necessary. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On another occasion, he felt at least a confused sense of shame when he found the smell of Úrsula on his own skin, and more than once he felt her thoughts interfering with his. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Johnny felt no more shame over his burned hand. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Spackle,” I say and the shame returns. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The suspicious look on her face sends a wave of shame through me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Sometimes such an experience bound one person to another; just as often the shame of one’s powerlessness made all witnesses into enemies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “How can you even look at anyone without shame? How can you look at yourself? At Aunty Glass?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The black world of blindness was a refuge; better to be there than to see with strange shamed eyes the old world that had been so bright. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The shame of that hurt worse than the pain, and the pain hurt a lot. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Enrique feels shame for what he has done to his family and what he is doing to Maria Isabel, who might be pregnant. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A strong counter-emotion waxed in him, urging him, warning him to leave this newly-seen and newly-felt thing alone, that it would lead him to but another blind alley, to deeper hate and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The white stenographer looked at me with wide eyes and I felt drenched in shame, naked to my soul. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew the schoolboy would huddle in that alley for a long while, weighing the shame of appearing half-dressed in the street with the need to get home and tell what had happened. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It’ll be fun, fishing on my own, and when Dad hears about me working the traps, it’ll shame him into helping. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to live my life wondering when they’re going to “shame” me away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I argue that the shame and stigma of the “prison label” are, in many respects, more damaging to the African American community than the shame and stigma associated with Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Seems a shame. She been paying on that insurance all her life.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s the same flush of shame, of guilt and terror, and of cold disgust with myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With no shame or recognition of how badly I could take this, my father said, “A strip club.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Obviously, I couldn’t tell them about the children—not that “It wasn’t anybody,” I said, dropping my eyes in feigned shame. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z A familiar shame crept over me, the shame of slipping past a stranger in the street and relieving him of his wallet without him even knowing it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I see the shame on his face and want to tell him that it’s OK. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end, whatever we think or feel, triumph or shame, that is the way it is. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Kind of puts the rest of us to shame, huh? I was feeling really bad about myself until someone told me the rumors about him.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z But his shame seems to obscure any pleasure he might feel in her offer. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her crimes had seemed minimal, but now Ophie could not help but see her afternoon respites through her mother’s eyes, and shame ran through her, hot and itchy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Yes, I did!” and Meg hid her face again, overcome with shame. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I now recall those incidents with a sense of shame. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haiyi did not think so. When he was told that he himself was the final evil, he bowed his head in shame, and tears began to flow from his eyes.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z This, perhaps, was the final contribution of Nazism to genetics: it placed the ultimate stamp of shame on eugenics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “And so you actually put this piece of court-plaister by for his sake!” said Emma, recovering from her state of shame and feeling divided between wonder and amusement. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z His face reddened with anger and shame, and he swung his blade at me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I had been shamed enough in that cafe that, while I liked riding the rails, right then I wasn’t going no second class. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Full of shame, he nodded, and she let him go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A hot, prickly feeling of shame spread from the top of Harry’s head all the way down his body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The shame was greater than any his family had ever known. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I suppose a really good son wouldn’t try to shame his father, but I can’t help it, the words just come out mean. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z I was seized with shame: my tongue would not utter the request I had prepared. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Anger stirs and wakes in her; it opens its mouth, and like a hotmouthed puppy, laps up the dredges of her shame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother said I would bring shame into the house, but I only giggled as she tried to tuck my hair up with long pins. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Feigning shame, I showed it to some hard grunge types, to their even harder women, to red-faced professionals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a shame that they should be kept prisoners and be hungry.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed: composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z She early seemed to find a shame for her family. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He knew there was • MO • no shame in crying. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was a shame, the way they paid three and four times what the furniture had cost, because they could get credit from those Jews. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa and Cooter didn’t try to shame me or nothing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “It seems a shame,” the Turk said, looking down alongside the Spaniard. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I had to turn my head so’s not to shame him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “There’s no shame in being a maid. She does a serious job, and I pay her well.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Besides, Cholly doubted if he could reveal his shame to Blue. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He hated the thought of the shame that would come to him, a warrior betrayed by someone to whom he’d given his trust and affection. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “There he is,” thought Jo, “Poor boy! All alone and sick this dismal day. It’s a shame! I’ll toss up a snowball and make him look out, and then say a kind word to him.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a shame to move when we’re so near Leamy’s National School but if she doesn’t move soon she’ll go out of her mind and wind up in the lunatic asylum. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z "Yes, it is a rotten shame. But there's no use talking about it, is there? Come on, let's go back to the café." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z How I wish that she were not a witness to my shame. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was the shame of her father staggering home drunk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I could direct my anger and hatred toward him with no shame or guilt whatsoever. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The agony of shame he felt had become too much to bear alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z It is not merely the denial of the housing application but the shame of being a grown man who has to beg his grandmother for a place to sleep at night. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The shame brought sudden tears to my eyes. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z It was a shame that the demoness had not gotten to know the true dragons of the sea, who were wise and benevolent. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When a person loses respect—self-respect or the respect of others—that’s when he feels shame. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mami will think my detention is another badge of shame, like last year when I said I didn’t want to be in the spelling bee. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He took one look and his face burned with shame. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he is excited, however, some fist doth clutch his jaw or some finger pinch his tongue; no sound comes forth from the working mouth, and shame fills his eyes, that he cannot speak. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z When they were killed, as they frequently were, there was something shaming in it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “We got fired on,” she said, and looked away, burning with shame at how much it had taken out of her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z What belief did I ever hold in my father, whose daily life I so often ridiculed and looked upon with such abject shame? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Derek stepped forward, his face so red he put tomatoes to shame. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Her face tight with disgust, as though they were all criminals bringing shame on upright Nigerians like her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Ranofer, who never had food to eat anywhere at midday, saw more shame ahead and drew into his shell again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame for me to celebrate alone.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The black men and women were mumbling quietly among themselves; they had not known one another before they had come here, but now their timidity and shame were wearing off and they were exchanging experiences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mutton, mutiny, destiny, desperately,” I tell him, putting his own impersonation to shame. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Our astonishment was short-lived, for it gave way to a curious kind of defensive shame; we were embarrassed for Pecola, hurt for her, and finally we just felt sorry for her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandpa’s way works because he is able to subtly shame people with their own words. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z "He is proud. He may be too shamed to come back." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The stealth of it shamed him—but not enough to overcome the pride he felt at the knowledge that one of the many petals on the bowl was his. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “This is shame,” said my mother, looking at me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Only when threatened with death could that happen; only in fear and shame, with their backs against a wall, could that happen. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Thanks,” I mumble, ’shamed again to not know yet how the library works. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z With a chuckle of shame and mortification, I wiped them away with my sleeve. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was the kind of thing that would make you ’shamed the next time you ran into a real angel or a real abolitionist. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z When he was feeling healthy he did not grieve much, because he knew the dilemma was inevitable—but in weak moments he was persecuted by shame and indecision. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Miss Love was feeling anything like shame, she didn’t show it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The fourth was, to Butler’s eternal shame, dispatched with a spinning kick. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There are so many colliding messages—confidence and shame, power and powerlessness, what she owes others and what is hers—that she can’t hear what’s true. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Out of that beginning, then, had come the shame and the baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z A giant’s laughter could put to shame a dragon’s roar. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The first baseman stood there for a moment, drenched in shame, then tossed the ball to Schwartzie. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z What anguish it must cost him, Kit thought with shame, to have to sit here and pass judgment on a member of his own household. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He kept his chair well back, retired by the winebowl, for he alone could not abide their manners but sat in shame for all the rest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It was only in retrospect that they came to call plain heartsease a happiness too; and though they sometimes thought that a shame, other times they thought differently. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Which was a shame, as I wouldn’t mind a cool drink or a bit of a wash. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There were so many times when I felt shame, and all the hope drained from my soul as I watched the adults in my family kowtow to white people. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “A woman converted at our mosque a couple of months ago. She knew the risks. And honestly, her Arabic pronunciation puts mine to shame.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I suppose you know that white people kill black people from time to time, and most folks shake their heads and say, ‘Eh, eh, eh, ain’t that a shame?’ Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt shame before them and he told them he saw his own exceeding folly in allowing the loss of a mere girl to make him forget everything else. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Though he’d trusted her with his life countless times, it felt much more frightening to trust her with this shame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This eidolon in the wolf helmet had shamed him, controlled him, and made him attack New Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Looking back down to himself in his baggy green robes and oversized sandals, Matthias felt hot tears of shame and frustration spilling from his eyes and dripping on his young whiskers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z To encourage you to let her into your life a bit, and yes, maybe to shame you into letting her see her baby. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She looked at me so woefully that I collapsed in shame and said “I’m sorry” again and again, repeating it until I hoped maybe she believed me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But this day Amari was unusually quiet, having been compelled to spend the previous night with Clay, and he had forced her to do things that made her shiver with shame. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He said this with a tinge of shame. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And if he did, Mama’s shame would be even greater than his: this would be a sure sign that we had hit rock bottom. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z If they didn’t bring results, they still might produce a little shame, which might increase the chances that the next promise would be kept. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A woman who leaves her daughter behind becomes someone else to hide the shame of it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I was so ashamed—the kind that feels like suffocating—and the longer I waited, the more the shame grew and the more impossible it got to admit what I’d done. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Instead I scrubbed myself in those hot suds to wash away my shame. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Find Cecilia and love her, marry her, and live without shame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A wave of shame rippled through the center of my body and made me feel sicker. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z And mostly it brought shame and humiliation to Germany. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z She was being sent away because she was the walking, breathing embodiment of their shame. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He couldn’t face Esperanza, and the shame of yelling at his mother—Moss knew better than to do that—dulled the sadness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Maybe that was shame on her face, but Esperanza did not seem all that interested in committing to the point she’d tried to make. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Minya might as well have demanded Have you no blood? or Have you no spirit? because shame as good as ran in her veins. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Just looking at him makes me feel hot with shame. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Let us leave this scene of shame and seek out a quieter place.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The article had appeared ten days ago, and Harry still got a sick, burning feeling of shame in his stomach every time he thought about it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Naw. Those kids are counting on these trips. It would be a shame to disappoint them.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But because of his long turning before lying down, we sometimes call him a whirl poodle—much to our shame. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z And what a shame that her assumptions had proven correct! Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Her face was burning with shame and fury, and she could still feel his fingers as if they had left marks on her skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z After all, what creature in nature despised its own existence and felt shame for its means of survival? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I am shamed to admit it, but I remember nothing of the song. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Turn back: on so lovely a night it is a shame to sit in the house; and surely no one can wish to go to bed while sunset is thus at meeting with moonrise.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The confession completely renewed her first shame—and the sight of Harriet’s tears made her think that she should never be in charity with herself again. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I could have told him even then that it was not shame so much as fear. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z He realized, with some shame, that he was hoping she had prepared a special breakfast for him on his birthday. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She's so fast that she could have put that squirrel to shame. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He had to stop school at eighth grade to help his family work in the fields. What a shame.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He had little shame over mooching off his uncle and even less about his useless college degree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I put my head down on my aims and sobbed, feeling no shame for what I was doing. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I go in, and the shame from betraying the secrecy of the Hideout fills me up again. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It shames me to do this, but it is the only way. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Realizing with shame that my fixation with assassinating Snow has allowed me to ignore a much more difficult problem. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He resigned himself to being a womanless man for all his life in order to hide the shame of his uselessness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z When I learned how repulsive this disinterested violence was, that it was repulsive because it was disinterested, my shame floundered about for refuge. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked at her rags and stained skin, and she couldn’t suppress the twinge of shame. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was a shame that he had already missed the initial confrontation, but now his duty was to stop it from continuing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “It just seems a shame that these beautiful tapestries can’t be seen by everyone. They belong in a museum, or...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And while the closeted, flatulent men showed no shame, at the urinals men acted nervous. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z One moment he was dedicated and pure and devoted; the next he wallowed in filth; and the next he groveled in shame and emerged rededicated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The black box: a fig leaf in reverse, concealing identity while leaving shame exposed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She realized he must be feeling terrible shame— shame that he could not rescue himself, or Amari, or change any of what was happening to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The prison officials had pumped themselves up to carry out the execution with determination and resolve, but even they revealed extreme discomfort and some measure of shame. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z There was no shame in working with your hands and returning home at night to a glass of ice water and the satisfaction that you'd brightened someone's afternoon with a pock-free fender. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z What a shame, 1 thought, to pack her performance into a schedule and present it to rows of plush-back seats in an auditorium. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Even after everything he'd been through, the memory still caused him to feel shame. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, but it’s a shame because he was famous around here.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He often wanted to, but he was afraid, and this increased his shame. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “For shame! Superstitious old man! He’s a little boy! He’s not possessed!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The walls would have shamed any proper castle, and the ornamental iron spikes along the top looked strangely naked without heads to adom them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was a mix of horror, anger, and shame, all focused on me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Mark’s suddenly struck by shame as he realizes the kid’s still out there—he’s six feet beyond Alec’s reach, the water slamming into his side, rising and rising, splashing up into his frightened face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When I was finally allowed to read it, I very well knew this was no simple tale of rafting down a river but the everlasting story of America itself, with all our glory and shame. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Except for Marie’s fabled love for Dewey Prince, these women hated men, all men, without shame, apology, or discrimination. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Targaryens called Robert usurper. He seemed to be able to bear the shame. So shall I." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They all thought it was a shame the Beiderman reacted so strongly to stringed instruments, especially given Isa’s extraordinary progress over the last six years. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was a cool night, and it felt good on his burning face, but the shame came rushing back as Moss saw just how many people were staring at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z A patchwork memory is the shame of a refugee. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You do not need to understand. Just behave, follow your mother’s example. Light the incense, make an offering to the moon, bow your head. Do not shame me, Ying-ying.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you should he more secret and guard your Lord from shame,” I say, for I am learning to speak her pious language. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “What are you doing? You have a human on your back! Have you no shame? Are you a common mule?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z What a shame that proud, fine, black woman never lived where the true greatness of the black race was appreciated! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Boy, you in trouble. Let Gum Baby know if you scared. If you scared, say you scared. Ain’t no shame. Gum Baby got this.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z They didn’t know her secret, or else they wouldn’t have dropped it so quickly, but their guess had been so close that George’s cheeks flushed with shame. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Her guilt and shame are almost a familiar comfort, compared to the depth of that sorrow and the breadth of that anger. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Poor little colored boy lost his mother. What a shame.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Ranofer’s hair lifted, in a cold tremor of recognition, which was followed by burning shame. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “I know it’s hard, Strange, but it will pass. Some men are born for great things, and others to help great men do great things. There’s no shame in it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I tilt my head down in shame, look at the worn, shaggy orange rug that was too cheap to pass up at a garage sale. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame about Sam,” Mr. Heron said. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They called the Treaty of Versailles a “shame” and an “outrage.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I wake with a crushing sensation of wrongness, of shame, and I know immediately that I’ve done something stupid. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I ask quietly, my voice full of shame because I hate what happened on Friday and I hate what Adam said to me today. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Whenever she thought about that Violet, and what that Violet saw through her own eyes, she knew there was no shame there, no disgust. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As I contemplated Bigger and what he meant, I said to myself: “I must write this novel, not only for others to read, but to free myself of this sense of shame and fear.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame it has taken this long. For weeks, I have left you voice mails and have yet to receive a call back.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Big Ma wouldn’t have stood for any screaming coming from her grands, but what Big Ma didn’t know wouldn’t earn us her shame. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z They noticed his pallor, and Ellen’s eyes were tender as she recognized the signs of tears, but they would not shame him by asking if the trip had been too hard for him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z After all that had befallen her, the shame of betraying those who made possible her escape. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “She said God made me with all the right ingredients, so it’d be a shame if I burned in hell.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d been drinking,” I say, my face reddening with a familiar shame. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I lay contentedly in her arms as the rain washed away my humiliation and shame. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But if your hearts are capable of shame, leave my great hall, and take your dinner elsewhere, consume your own stores. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When black youth find it difficult or impossible to live up to these standards—or when they fail, stumble, and make mistakes, as all humans do—shame and blame is heaped upon them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The horror and shame on his face look entirely too real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Malloy says, “It’s a shame all of these people are crowded into these blocks. The rent is too high and the space is too small.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But it was another tragedy in her life that deepened the abyss of shame and grief she'd readily succumbed to. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z But where there is no desire and no shame no one, however anomalous, is singled out; and I think Asra made no connection of this notion with myself and my peculiarities. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “The shame,” he answered, “is all mine, or ought to be. But is it possible that you had no suspicion?—I mean of late. Early, I know, you had none.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I talked and he listened, drawing the shame from me like a healer draws infection from a wound. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Irina called it a “nightmare” bringing “shame” on the whole regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Translated it means, "Hush up, it's a shame for the children," but what it really meant was that Grandpa was embarrassing Grandma. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Moss wanted to call her now and have her come get him, and yet the thought filled him with a weird sense of shame. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The show of discipline and cohesion was shaming. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Yes, shame even of her own father, for being a “no-no.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He caught his breath, feeling an overwhelming shame. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that the best way to repay his kindness was to master myself to the point where I could stand beside him and feel pride, not shame, in what I could do. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They imply a deeper hole, a deeper shame, but my shame cannot go any deeper. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no time to savor my victory or feel my shame. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It was pitiful—yes, pity and shame were what he felt—when they were slaughtered instead of fulfilling their destiny as killers for food and status among their own kind. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame you don’t smoke cigars,” Bull said as he walked out the back door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt sick with shame at the memory of my words. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Between men’s lives and their love and his old totems, he was left with nothing but shame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “And that was how sin came into the world,” he said, “sin and shame and death. It came the moment their demons became fixed.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I am a man who chooses to glean with pride, not shame. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I felt a gurgling, swelling bubble of hurt and shame roll up my spine from somewhere deep inside. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z That I thought of throwing myself in the lake like the other ladies of shame. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z To his shame, he had faltered during the last leg of their day-long climb up to the Eyrie, his stunted legs unable to take him any higher. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “For shame, Ignatius. A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I started out in a forgettable hamburger chain that I don’t mention, due to shame. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She was glad her parents had been married, but shamed that Mother hadn’t been welcomed by the Jongwes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He really did not know just where that fear and shame had come from; it had just been there, that was all. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it a shame military doctors couldn’t be as good as military sunglasses,” Lillian said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, the shame of it —a whole family of skinny children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt he had no physical existence at all right then; he was something he hated, the badge of shame which he knew was attached to a black skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It grieves me to think that I have brought shame to the place that has sheltered me, that by my unwitting deeds, St. Emilion might be ruined. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It seems clear, therefore, that Kendra made a decision to hide her daughter’s existence rather than suffer the shame of admitting that she had produced a Squib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Matthias was glad he was walking behind the rats; he blushed with shame. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The child was like the return of a shame that she had thought exiled by her from the house forever. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry to have kept y’all up so late,” he said, a soft shame building in him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They were better educated and their larger vocabularies shamed him. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z You never adapt to that, to that cloak of hot shame. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z And then shame was replaced by guilty anger as he recalled Jan’s confronting him upon the sidewalk in the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z No longer did he have to wear a mask to cover the shame, to cover the truth that on the inside he was crumbling, weakened by his secrets. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z ‘That’s a shame, Apollo. I was hoping we could make a deal.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z You’d think that being thrown out the church would be the end of it—the shame and all—but it wasn’t. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s an awful shame about all those Talents, though.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Fadi looked at the sadness on his father’s face and wanted to hide away in a ball of shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z But the shame of refugees is that we have to constantly explain ourselves. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Painful shame gripped Cole as waste slipped from his body and a raw stench filled the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When you’d been forced to be naked in front of strangers every day for years, you didn’t have much shame left. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Mar he shouted, more in shame than anger. Max and Jan ran to the black woman and tried to lift her up. “That’s all right, Mrs. Thomas,” Max said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My parents are much too afraid of an argument to say anything, which is a shame, because I think people like that should always be given a taste of their own medicine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z His brother Rook didn’t understand, either, though his disapproval came much later, after he had been dismissed from the Tower and returned home in shame. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The shame wells up again, its muddy rivulets seeping into her eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Then some being shamed by his mercy overcame their fear and went on, and the others took new hope, hearing of a manful deed within their measure that they could turn to, and they departed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame nobody figured that out sooner,” I said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “If John doesn’t know anything about this nonsense, don’t tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. I won’t be deceived and plagued and made a fool of. It’s a shame!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z As he looked out at the rows of men welcoming him, he felt the old shame of poverty, failure, and purposelessness melt away. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Fine goddess, Athena. A shame she pledged never to marry. All right, half-blood. I can tell you what you want to know. But there is a price. I need a favor done.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The shame the guards would inflict on us is made complete by the fact that we don’t leave. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The shame I’d long felt about my family leaked out of me almost overnight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He felt the eyes of the men upon him and his body stiffened, flushing hot with shame and anger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I watched him write, It’s a shame that we have to live, but it’s a tragedy that we get to live only one life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z We ain’t got nothing ” Bigger was paralyzed with shame; he felt violated. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z As the kapo herded us the rest of the way to the tailor shop, my face burned with shame. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Has your mother taught you no shame—embracing in public? Who are you anyway?” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z It is not shame, however, that kept their heads down. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I looked at Constantine and I felt so much shame for her. To get pregnant in the first place and then to lie...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The rebels become bolder, and now patrol the docks of Norfolk by day without apology or shame. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Well, you’ve just put me to shame,” he said, laughing under his breath as he lifted his dagger higher. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The shame Shin feels about the executions has been compounded over the years by the lies he began telling in South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z So I sat in silence against the wall, swallowed up in my shame, waiting to go home. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “If it isn’t sophisticated then I can’t ever use them words again. Lordy me, to think of Bull Meecham let an unsophisticated word pass his lips. Why, it shames me even to think of it.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I could write to my maa and baap, but what could I say that would not bring shame and sorrow to them? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “There is no shame in this, Mariam,” he said, slurring a little. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He walked low down, his head dropped, as if he were sneaking away in shame—just the way that all hyenas walk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z They said that it was a shame that Roza had run off, too. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z With shame I realized that I was spying on my husband like some low, suspicious wife. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A year later, the shock has worn off, but a sense of failure and shame persists, deep and abiding. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And now a wave of shame went over the whole procession. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why he was started anyway is not known, but it seems a shame that his unbeaten record for the eastern invasion was not kept unsullied.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I never knew I could feel so much shame. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Humble points at me and Noelle, making a little shame on you gesture. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z As I listened I had been so torn between humiliation and fascination that to lessen my sense of shame I had kept my attention riveted upon his intense face. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I stood there on the moonlit walk, trying to think ahead to its effects, imagining the satisfaction of those who envied my success, the shame and disappointment of my parents. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You tell her I said there’s no shame in using that cane I sent her. Pride goeth before the fall.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z ‘It’s a shame to wake you,' whispered Sam, ‘but that’s what you said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Lee defended himself to Adam, saying, “You have plenty of money. It would be a shame not to enjoy it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z All the humiliation, the shame and embarrassment . . . yeah, it was worth it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She tried to pick him up, but he was too heavy, and the shame of it pushed him further under. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "You two aren't painted. How can you-? If it were light-" If it were light shame would burn them at admitting these things. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I thought maybe you was ’shamed of me, sitting there with that white gal all dressed in silk and satin.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He saw that Emma had soon made it out, and found it highly entertaining, though it was something which she judged it proper to appear to censure; for she said, “Nonsense! for shame!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z And suddenly I hated him, which was easier to do than feel the unrelenting weight of my shame. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When I see him, or what is left of him, I will tell him all about the missing part of me and listen for his crying shame. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Septa Scolera rang her bell, singing, “Shame, shame, shame upon the sinner, shame, shame.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Nearly, because it would be a shame to waste such good scotch. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The cub gave a halfhearted look of shame and was immediately quiet and still. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z She looked a little shamed but she still had some mad in her. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She’s Jewish, I thought, remembering with shame the obscenities I used to shout at Jewish storekeepers in Arkansas. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “The county discontinued bookmobile service in the eighties, and I told my husband, ‘Now, that’s a shame. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You want to make my curse even worse? Zeus! Hephaestus! Hermes! Have you no shame?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z His face flushed again, this time from shame. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Did you ever hear of such a thing? It’s a shame for Mr. de Winter.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z It was not like my parents fell in love—in Zimbabwe, if a woman becomes pregnant, our Shona tradition requires that she get married or else she brings shame on both families. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But it is not human to be without shame and without desire. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The wind cut mercilessly across the barren end of Rass, but the hot shame and indignation inside me made me forget the wind as I walked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to turn around and run away, to save himself, and the urge sent shame through his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It just seems a shame to me to burn up good money,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Her indignation came to her in English, even as she recalled a Chinese saying, Lao xu cbeng nu — constant shame becomes anger. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “The boy is right, Zoe Nightshade. Put away your bow. It would be a shame to kill you before you witnessed Thalia s great victory.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then Min would shout or scold while Tree-ear stared at his toes in shame and, more often than not, resentment. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z This girl’s guileless remark came as an illumination, an instant knowledge that brought with it the first buds of true shame. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z All that is left of me, beyond the shame, is fury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Doctorita’s words must shame him because he decides to use his spare time making extra cash. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She pushes open the kitchen door and Francis is not-so-casually hanging out by the staircase, trying to stay in the know but also keep back so he doesn’t have to shame or punish a Decker. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And she will forget me, plain, rough, miserly Lyddie who only bought her ribbons because she was shamed to it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z This awareness can lead beyond shame to a place of self-hate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He still burned with shame, remembering how his sword had slipped out of his hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Would they look her in the eyes or turn their heads in shame? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I think I am in love with her,” Nately confessed in a shamed, far-off voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Now, as he looked at the pot, shame clashed with pride inside him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Goodbye,” I say through my curtain of shame. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Luke wanted Toby to live in the shame, the knowledge that he’d messed up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He glanced at his father’s exhausted face from under his eyelashes and felt a stab of guilt, coupled with shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z In fact, I am sure it was an apprehension of this sort, penetrating even the thick haze created by alcohol, which reduced my father's passengers into a shamed silence that Sunday afternoon many years ago. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt that his murder of her was more than amply justified by the fear and shame she had made him feel. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The story came out haltingly, the townspeople shamed by what had happened. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z It was a terrible thing to him to retract a word, but to retract it in shame was infinitely worse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z For some, the notion that black communities are severely stigmatized and shamed by criminality is counterintuitive: if incarceration in many urban areas is the statistical norm, why isn’t it socially normative as well? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Is shame you fall down nobody push you,” said my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame,” Grandma kept telling Martha, who was named for her and was her especial pet. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z And now the shame set in, and the guilt, and, upstairs, the clock ticked on, impossibly loud to Laila’s ears. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z When I see it, I feel a deep wave of shame. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z With roses in hand, taken from Dada’s garden, he’d stood in front of Ms. Bethune’s desk, his head bowed in shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It really distanced me from the friendship, which is a shame.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Cramp played along, said he’d seen the story on TV, said he was friendly with the Millers, said it was a real shame about Stan. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The truth was—and how great my shame—I no longer wished to live; which was, I knew, a sin. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Seeing him there brought back the shame and the anger of the day before and at the same time sapped the last of his strength. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Free to feel whatever he felt—fear, guilt, shame, love, grief, pity. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys halted and turned, and looked in shame from their ankles to their aunt. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nel’s response to Jude’s shame and anger selected her away from Sula. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “It would be a shame if you had to wear glasses.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of human suffering comes from our emotions—fear, shame, worry, or regret. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “I’ve never lost a crew member, thank God, but I have lost a fishing boat to a storm. The Inafundável. Was a shame, it was. Haven’t forgiven myself. Never will, I imagine.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Emma was just telling me she won’t be able to make it to my party, and I was saying what a shame that is.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It was really a shame, he realized as he mounted the stairs after the Prince. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Filthy, stinking drunk—and I jolted awake, shame washing over me like a wave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The poisoned fruit of betrayal, a thing of shame hidden away; I don’t understand any of that at eight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I turned away from her and curled into a tight ball of shame. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I know it is a shame that I had never seen the noble twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, but how much greater a disgrace that I still haven’t, although I went through them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t see anyone on the porch, and Wash felt a wave of relief and then instant shame. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And even though I am not him, I understand, and even without the Link connecting our emotions right now, I can feel the vicious, unending shame that clouds his heart. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ll never be caught because Laman is too lazy to get out of bed on a Saturday and Mam will never go near a library with the shame of her clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It’s a shame none of their friends made a double portrait of the two of them at this time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was just a shame he couldn’t remember any treatment. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z For she was his secret treasure, she was his shame and his bliss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I can never think of it,” she cried, “without extreme shame.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The artificiality of her parents’ relationship always seemed harder, more shaming, when she was here in Kano. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She opened her eyes and found that they’d been containing tears, and to her surprise and shame she sobbed and sobbed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Your trouble, Will, you ain’t got no shame! Imagine, actin’ like that right in sight of your poor granny’s grave!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I tap the icon for tardies and add my name to today’s list of shame. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He came up to my chest, had muscles that would put a Westlake Academy football player to shame, and now that he was standing up, one of his ears drooped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She left the office feeling common, shamed, by what had just happened. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The sternness in Pa’s voice makes my face burn with shame. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Arya, come back here! Don't you take another step! Your lady mother will hear of this. In front of our royal princess too! You'll shame us all!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Swept by shame, he crept back into the house and, afraid he’d be found out, quietly unloaded the gun and put it back where it had been. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame we couldn’t work together. You two will make lovely monuments to my triumph, though. Are you ready?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her heart went out to the gallant old man as he stood shamed and red-faced, too angry to speak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It’s a shame we moved out of Manhattan, where all the real people with power live. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z David Braman’s ethnographic research shows that mass incarceration, far from reducing the stigma associated with criminality, actually creates a deep silence in communities of color, one rooted in shame. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Moss had never seen the Millers act bashful, but they gazed at one another, scarlet cheeks and tight lips, and they looked like shamed children. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Newspaper headlines around the country shone a light on Chicago’s shame for all the world to see. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “For the record,” he said, “I save my prayers for after work. That’s when I’m feeling contrite. Why not work on our guilt and shame together? What do you say, sweetheart?” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m surprised too, that she wouldn’t let me keep her hand in mine—and I feel the shame even hotter than the sun—but Kalinda doesn’t say anything about it. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They stood, solidly, uncomfortably, on the right of the chamber, shifting from foot to foot, scratching their cheeks and noses, as if they were shamed by the silent repose of their dead brothers. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “They fell into deeper shame and degradation—if there can be deeper—and ruin.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z And this was a shame, for Samuel was a laughing man, but I guess Samuel was wide open to the devil. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She had shame and hatred of what she might say, but she could not help saying it She was like a person swimming in a rough sea. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Annabelle would catch him watching her and her friends, same as that boy on the grass is doing now, making sure he doesn’t do anything to shame himself from the circle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “It is a shame you didn’t take out that anger on someone more deserving. In times like these, the Folk go missing.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Ernst? He’s going with us, then rejoining his unit in Berlin. It’s a shame you never spent any proper time together...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I went to my room, drenched in shame. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We discussed our family, and what a shame it was that our book-loving oldest brother Wilfred had never had the chance to go to some of those big universities where he would have gone far. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The pain on his face makes me feel such shame, but I am glad for my brother’s sacrifice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Something like rage, something like disbelief, something like shame, and something so intensely sad that the only way to release it would be to wail. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Under this unholy barrage of my parents’ confusion and shame and disappointment, even I almost feel bad for Charlie. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “she’s got a nice business here. Makes a good living. It would be a shame to throw it away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’d like to study it again. It seems a shame to drop it after two years.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Sorry about your pencil—it’s a shame,” she said, but already her sympathetic expression was fading. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan started to laugh too, but then his terrible shame returned. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Einar, though, had never forgiven himself; he lived in self-imposed shame and stayed mostly silent. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z D flats and A sharps licking at her like so many tongues of flame, here behind the knee, up here on the neck, right below the navel . . . the inventory filled her with shame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But I felt only shame and said the dinner prayer as fast as I could. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z If you are, indeed, that terrible man, then shame on you. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It felt like a kind of shame that I'd brought on myself. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z If he thought that would shame the Hound back to valor, he was wrong. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “A shame, making you wear all them pillowcases on your head, in this weather.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The angels believed and the people agreed that there was a good amount of proper and deserved shame in history and some things were just never going to be things to be proud of. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Annabeth’s shroud was so beautiful—gray silk with embroidered owls—I told her it seemed a shame not to bury her in it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably, even in communities devastated by mass incarceration, many people struggling to cope with the stigma of imprisonment have no idea that their neighbors are struggling with the same grief, shame, and isolation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z And therefore Jasper stood alone as his rival, who must be put to shame. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Marly felt a tickle of shame about bragging to make Joe feel bad—but she hoped Joe felt a tickle of shame, too, for leaving her behind. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But Ophie’s shame at being discovered only lasted as long as it took for her to unwrap the snickerdoodles and devour them as she climbed the stairs to the attic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He saw she was distraught, and suddenly understood something of what she had been going through while he sat at home with his little portion of shame. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Yes. That’s what my mother said, anyhow, but who can really predict these things? It’s a shame, though. I thought for sure it would be a boy this time.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I was sensible in equal measure of relief at his delivery and shame at my incompetence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z One of the papers Jethro read claimed that “the cheek of every American must tingle with shame at the silly, flat, dish-watery utterances.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have done things I am not proud of, things that brought shame onto my House and my father’s name... but to kill your own sire? How could any man do that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the others so’s not to shame her. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “Such a shame,” many voices sobbed mockingly from Manny’s bluish lips. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when my parents look at me, I catch glimpses of shame or regret, what must be lingering guilt about giving me away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to have to swallow my pride and my shame and go to him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The expression that crossed his face—it was shame, but deeper than shame. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “If you live in Arkansas,” the ad read, “study this picture and know shame. When hate is unleashed and bigotry finds a voice, God help us all.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Whereas, once again, the machine destroyed everything: you were killed discreetly, with a little shame and with great precision. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The seamstress did not understand what was being said but knew that this was an occasion for shame. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Lurching with shame, I hid my poem with my body. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame Mr. Gordon wasn’t around earlier to help solve these little final problems.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z One need not be formally convicted in a court of law to be subject to this shame and stigma. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I hugged her, partly because I didn’t want her to see the shame I suddenly felt. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Burning with undeserved shame, I wanted to strike at him with my words. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Yes, what a shame,” I say, already feeling a bond with him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He got a belly, too, I know it’s a shame the way that man eats. I sure ain’t asked him to shovel no snow for me.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But more than any shame I feel about my own actual violence, my greatest regret was that in seeking to defend you I was, in fact, endangering you. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As soon as he says it, he flushes with shame and guilt. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z He removes his hand, his face a picture of contrition, of deep shame. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He had no resistance against sorrow and no device to protect himself against shame. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They did not have his shame and even this, too, he envied. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For she was his secret treasure, she was his shame and his bliss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A year on, everyone is still ravaged, shamed, trying to figure out why one was left and another was taken. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It overwhelmed him, and he couldn’t look into the man’s face while his own body was overrun with appreciation and shame. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Well you make a hot poultice of epsom salts and put it on there. She’s weak, you know, from the pups. Be a shame if she got sick now. You’d lose the pups too.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt the shaming churning heaving turning sickness in his stomach. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw open the flap and glared at the shame' faced dragon climbing out. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He had been surprised and even happy to see it, but these feelings were soon eclipsed by shame. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t rise, and I wondered if he was hurt or shamed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But I can tell you the first time I saw him cry from shame. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I had never observed such a creature, for, whether from shame or fear, I had ignored the madmen and the poor who lived among us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I suddenly felt hot not from the crush of people, but from shame. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I had nearly outgrown the shame and the guilt and the sense of unworthiness. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Scarlet with shame, he dodged around the Second Craftsman’s workbench and hurried to the scales. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z We looked at one another’s faces and saw dismay, and a certain shame, as if we’d been caught doing something we shouldn’t. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt that even in speaking in that way he would be indicating how hopeless he felt, thereby disrobing his soul to more shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z On our first practice run we couldn't even get out of the harbor without shaming ourselves in front of the entire boating community. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I study her expression and decide it's a combination of fear and shame. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I didn't want to shame Grandma or hurt her feelings about how she let that white woman boss her around and had locked us in the pantry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “That’s a shame. Sheep would run into a river and drown to outrun a wolf, but I can’t see that many sheep twisting themselves up in wire no matter what’s chasing them.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Once you get them, the older ones will follow through shame.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z After that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby--one gentleman to whom I telephoned implied that he had got what he deserved. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I have sinned and must atone, must parade my shame before the eyes of every beggar in the city. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And kill me too, son of an evil mother. That way I won’t have the eyes to weep for the shame of having raised a monster.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Dad remained silent at the table, but I noticed he and Jim exchanged a look of what I took to be agreement about the shame of me being in the band. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She was invulnerable to praise, reason, and shame, which meant she couldn’t be coaxed or persuaded, and she was cunning, which made her hard to trick. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I felt some shame, but I wasn’t about to wear it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z So the day of the funeral they came with shame and apology in their faces. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Then Herbor fell on his knees, struck down by shame and love, and cried to Odren, “I beg you to answer my question. It is not for myself!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The Dothraki .would respect him more if he looked less a beggar, she hoped, and per-haps he would forgive her for shaming him that day in the grass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was a shame, but as Ron said, you couldn’t have everything in life. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You are a shame to your father,” she said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Is this wealth shaming? If so, it won't work. I'm not embarrassed by being fabulously rich." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I am taken with how beautiful she is and feel shame that I have withheld a treasured word for so long. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z My face turns bright red with all the shame I've kept bottled until now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z To yell “black- on-black crime” is to shoot a man and then shame him for bleeding. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When he recognized what he’d done, he hung his head in weariness and shame. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I ain’t wantin’ to shame you, boy,” Grandpa said, propping his left elbow on the oak counter top and leaning forward. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I told Joe Eddie that it was a shame that he and Gabriel didn’t hang out anymore, and he said that Gabriel was too smart for him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But that did not change the fact that she had been the instrument of Adam’s hurt and shame. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Feeling shame, certain they were making fun of him, Jonathan hung his head. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z She swallowed hard to clear the pain from her throat, and his own throat hurt too, because without him there would have not been so much shame and disgrace for the family. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z From what I could see, there simply was no commitment to the rule of law, no accountability, and little shame. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “You may be right,” I said bitterly, “but you do not realise the shame of it. People have not spared us.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He came back to practice the following week to the shame of a white practice jersey, and he had no role in Permian’s 42-0 trouncing of Midland High. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s right, v\\e were grown men, but they would shame us like that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no shame in a pine box,” I told them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A shame, I thought, her dead; and now with her back again it’s fine. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the bulrush shoots, shame and fear could be woven into a plaiting of surprising strength. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Pain, shame, ire, impatience, disgust, detestation, seemed momentarily to hold a quivering conflict in the large pupil dilating under his ebon eyebrow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Mam tells us be quiet going up the lane or the neighbors will know we got the eviction and there will be shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z For the Negro, at least, this fear is ever-present in the South, and the same is doubtlessly true of many decent whites who watch and wait, and feel the deep shame of it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His face had darkened with shame at having his pleasure aroused in public by one of his daughters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I say, “He may have brought you shame, and I know you left town for it.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z All of his fear of death, all his hate and shame vanished in face of his dread of this insane man turning suddenly upon him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z That way, she promised I’d get over the feelings of shame. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys run down The street, With shame smeared On their dirty faces. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z With her he began to forget his stiffness and his shame. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He would have spoken some good word of shame, for he was an honest man and only his crying child had forced him to evil. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z If my family learned what had happened to me, it would bring them unhappiness and even shame. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “But it is to your shame you proved it thus. The black beast rides in the saddle with you. I see it even now.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s a shame, starting out your first day on the planet as a murderer but there you go, I didn’t have much choice at the time. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The Clinic had prepared me for it, benumbing my sense of shame, and besides, I was desperate for money. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Yossarian tore his eyes from her and hurried away in shame because he had done nothing to assist her. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z All these years she had been secretly proud of her calm, controlled behavior when Sula was uncontrollable, her compassion for Sula’s frightened and shamed eyes. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z At least Noodles could sit on his own stoop without feeling some kind of shame. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It shamed me now that I had said them for my own sake. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I think of pastel icing, pink candles burning in the pale November afternoon light, and there is a sense of shame and failure. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The shame that had come over him was gone and he knew he had given sound advice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man they considered the town drunk had shamed them by pointing out the lowliness of their deed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a shame I learned to keep down a long time ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It seems a shame that they never will. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I like you, kid. It’d be a shame to have to put you six feet under.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z This whispered charge, added to the shame of everything that had happened to him, was simply more than he could bear. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It is horrible; there is no way to describe how horrible, having this grief and this shame and this responsibility and having it be so public. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The shame should have been all his but I chose to carry it around this whole time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Hey, there’s no shame in it,” another recruit said, and the rest of us nodded. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard the Howler go off in the entrance hall — Neville’s grandmother’s voice, magically magnified to a hundred times its usual volume, shrieking about how he had brought shame on the whole family. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “I have a feeling you would have loved the House Un-American Activities Committee. Such a shame you weren’t around to be a member.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Dorcas dances well—not as fast as some others, but she is graceful, in spite of those shaming shoes, and she is provocative. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Have I just shamed the memory of my brother? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The knight had replied that the king could well do with a bit of shame ... yet he had done as she bid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then the people of the Hearth rose up against the other brother and drove him out of Hearth and Domain, laying the shame of the suicide upon him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It only added to their shame that they were able to reproduce the Joliots’ findings almost immediately with the cyclotron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Or she wouldn’t have said anything, but only felt the no as shame, wilting and withering her like an unwatered flower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It seemed a shame to her that the only tree on Never- Ending Mountain was being cut down. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z True, the lengths to which powerful corporations have been willing to go to protect their profits highlights an unbroken trail of shame running through our nation's history. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “But your gown puts all of theirs to shame,” she added with a smile. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was years before I discovered the shame that hid him from me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame not to shoot Easter,” he said. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z That incident anticipates the shame and sexual inferiority I was to feel in later years because of my dark complexion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I hope don’t nobody let me roam around like that when I get senile. It’s a shame.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z My lips quiver with shame for being bad. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s probably why the word shame came popping into my head.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Onions and garlic and hamburger and shame and pain. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Of this white father of hers, I know nothing except her shame about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood there so long that Dustfinger eventually closed his eyes so as not to have to look at her, but then he heard her weeping and his face turned hot with shame. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She felt them at the core of her, every image and scene of fright and foreboding, of shame, shock, and misery, of bloodshed and agony. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I hung my head in shame, expecting a salvo of laughter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why not ask me to rescue a killer from the noose? To spare a traitor from his shame?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I understand that” said the Wart doubtfully, “but I still think it was a shame that the cow thed. Could I not have Kay with me just once?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Unclean! Unclean! Even the Almighty shuns my polluted flesh! I must bear this mark of shame upon my forehead until the Judgment Day.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It is not simply the denial of the right to vote but the shame one feels when a co-worker innocently asks, “Who you gonna vote for on Tuesday?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It is truth they enact, a truth that shames all human falsehoods and deceits. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Violence and shame have lined the old man’s face with mysterious calm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I pad into my bath area, lift my skirts, and do my business in the copper basin left there for this purpose, shame heating my face even though I am alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It was a mix of shame for having gone back to the law of the streets mixed with rage—“I could have you arrested!” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Because I cannot name him, therefore all would think me a liar, a sinner trying to hide her shame,” I explain. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Joe noted the scant dozen of shame faced houses scattered in the sand and palmetto roots and said, “God, they call this a town? Why, ’tain’t nothing but a raw place in de woods.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It seemed that her actions had evoked fear and shame in him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z A pastoral letter from the General Association of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts denounced the sisters as unwomanly and unchristian, arguing that they would fall in “shame and dishonor in the dust.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Each night, in my dark corner of the hut, filled with shame and with quiet tears, I suck and chew the chicken bones until there is nothing left. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The beggars went back to the church steps, the stragglers moved off, and the neighbors departed so that the public shaming of Kino would not be in their eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Some were for the shame of what had been done to him; others were over friends who could not be trusted. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z I felt the shame of my mother and father as they sat stiffly throughout the rest of the show. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If we survive, will I ever live without this shame? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They were without shame and without desire, like the angels. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Abbot Mortimer stood and put a wrinkled old paw lightly on the small head, right between the velvety ears, now drooping with shame. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Even if he wanted to talk to Annie, a wave of shame swallowed him whole. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z If I lost, I would bring shame on my family. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They wept without shame, out of a nameless need, and walked together afterward, arm in arm, toward the waiting car. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “At the hands of that nasty boy. What a shame!” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Once it was a shaming thing to say, and crushing to have it said about you, by a man. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Salt is heavier than a hundred bags of shame. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z "Arya, come back here! Don't you take another step! Your lady mother will hear of this. In front of our royal princess too! You'll shame us all!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Still, there is something worse than just trapping, and that is to trap without sense or judgment or responsibility, and shame that it may be, such things happen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I did stop, out of shame mostly, because the hunted wireless girl was being so stoic about it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z My mood immediately shifted from one of pride to shame; I felt that this small boy had far more humanity than I did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “By this will we be remembered,” he wrote in The New York Times, “a black gash of shame and sorrow, hacked into the national visage that is the Mall.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z John thought with shame and horror, yet in angry hardness of heart: He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As a club regular myself, I claw the rocks of terminal shame at these family gatherings, especially in the 1970s, when Papa shows up wearing a brown double-knit suit with tan top-stitching. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z By the time I’d finished my beauty work, it seemed a shame just to go to bed but that was obviously all there was to do. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear and shame, I was sure, kept him away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A mixture of gratitude and shame welled up in Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I hadn’t yet sorted out the shame I felt for having squandered my life, which, at seventeen, I thought was nearly over anyway. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z In the strange stillness, I can feel the breath of Papa’s shame. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Right: a big source of shame for you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Freddie, however, interpreted her look as simple shame, but that didn’t stop him from grinning. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Only then did I understand where the shame had come from: it wasn’t that I hadn’t studied in a marble conservatory, or that my father wasn’t a diplomat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Not only because of the ice cream, but because we had seen our own father naked and didn’t care to be reminded of it and feel the shame brought on by the absence of shame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t sure why he was turning back; every time he did a presentation, as his dad feared, it would bring back the terror and shame. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The shame and fear and hate which Mary and Jan and Mr. Dalton and that huge rich house had made rise so hard and hot in him had now cooled and softened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Minho looked down at his hands clasped to Thomas’s shirt and shame washed across his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But John could never look at it without feeling shame and anger that his nakedness should be here so unkindly revealed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “They are not Unsullied, but they will not shame you. This one will swear to that by spear and sword, Your Worship.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If he was discovered in a hotel room with a woman not his wife, his name would appear in the section of the newspaper reserved for public shaming. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He went on and on, shaming the congregants for their miserly ways. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z But I don’t see how on earth a black woman with any race pride could walk down the street with any black man wearing a conk—the emblem of his shame that he is black. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But Merry to his shame was not to go with them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z In the estimation of our enemy, there is no greater indignity, no sharper shame, for a white gentleman than to be thus twinned. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My little sister and I did our part with Mr. Fenchel, and it is one of those memories of shame that still makes me break into a sweat and tighten up around the throat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to realize how shamed she felt. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The subject has had no serious boyfriends, but this may be due to her attending an all-girls school or from a feeling of shame about her body. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With love and a lick of shame that their families who had come to meet them were so... so ... gawkish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddesses stayed home for shame; but these munificences ranged there in the doorway, and irrepressible among them all arose the laughter of the happy gods. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I got my whipping from Papa, and my shaming from Mama to the point I tried to duck out of sight whenever I heard her coming. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “José Arcadio came back a big man, taller than you, and all covered with needlework, but he only brought shame to our house.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Kingshaw had gone on diving and gone on being afraid, it was the fear that had driven him on, and his shame because of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If you are born poor here, it’s no lasting shame. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And the skim of shame that he had rinsed away in the bathwater after having stolen from Pilate returned. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped off the wagon and rushed the cap’n’s horse with nothing but a balled-up fist and, ’shamed as it make me, tears running down my face. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The killing fields of Chicago, of Baltimore, of Detroit, were created by the policy of Dreamers, but their weight, their shame, rests solely upon those who are dying in them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z ‘You done grumbled so much that I nearly worn out. You done fumed and fussed so that I right shamed for you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z ‘How could you suggest such double-dealing? For shame, Rabscuttle! We will guard the house.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then get back to them before I march you home and shame you in front of your father. You and that cowardly boy behind you.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Relief, shame, self-pity, she didn’t know which it was, but it was coming. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Rook said, his voice a mixture of hope and shame. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They learned to feel shame in each other’s presence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Something had to be done about it, even if it covered me with shame. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Her brown eyes sparkled and her cheeks glowed with excitement and shame as she thought how fresh she must look—running after a feller like that. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I think about it, she’s never really had much shame about anything, which is partly why I love her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They forgot their conspiracy against shame and their eyes strayed apprehensively over the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Having come to that, shame pushed me out of stupor, and I was able to think. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Ma would have blushed with shame if she heard me ask this, but seems I’m at the point where I’ll do most anything for Shiloh. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a shame it is that the proper names for them they cannot have.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Between gulps, Jean Louise told her shame, omitting nothing, and begging that she not be sent to Mobile, stretched, or thrown against a wall. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Her anger has been buried under goodness and guilt and fear, but it’s a shame, because people with real power get angry. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Sex is a normal part of the human experience, but unfortunately many people attach a great deal of shame to it.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They are chewing me alive like an infestation of thoughts, shame, mistakes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z But immediately the wave floods over me anew, a mingled sense of shame, of remorse, and yet at the same time of security. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look now, Ophelia. You see how she hangs on him? It is unnatural. Is there no shame in her? No strength, only womanly frailty?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was a rude question, but the shame of being stripped before half the castle made it seem like nothing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And it would be a shame and an embarrassment, after so many years of learning, even to think of quitting. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z So I will tell Lena of my shame. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his daughter who brought shame down on our name, not I. What I did I did for the good of House Lannister. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Also, a smaller community tends to exert greater social incentives against crime, the main one being shame. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I came to a close, awakened abruptly to the shame of my display. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There is so much good in him, it would be such a shame. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z All that waits for her there is shame. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He smiled, but with an expression of remorse or shame. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Tree-ear stood with his head bowed to hide tears of shame. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z ‘I’m shamed to go out of the house after this,’ Hazel said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Be careful with the spelling,” I warned him in a voice that was wormy with shame because I didn’t do well in that subject at school. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The silence continued, breathless and heavy and full of shame. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “I am sure Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are waiting to celebrate with you, and it would be a shame to deprive them of this excellent excuse to make a great deal of mess and noise.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “There is never any shame in honest work,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He lay silent, racked beyond endurance, salt drying on his face, with nothing in him any more, no lust, no fear, no shame, no hope. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “After all,” Octavian told Hazel, “I might be able to help you. It would be a shame if those awful rumors about you kept circulating... or, gods forbid, if they turned out to be true.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She whispered what some of the things were, and we giggled until Sass poked her head into our room to shame us, reminding us that a funeral had taken place that day. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z It shamed Matthias to say the words, but he spoke them anyway. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z My eyes look down at the ground in shame, but I take the food from him anyway. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing to herald his return was the shame and ignominy of a white shirt. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The whites, especially the tourists, had no reticence before us, and no shame since we were Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A heat flared through her, and it wasn’t shame or even embarrassment. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The shame is so heavy I think it might pull me to the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I felt an unpleasant mixture of fear and shame — fear that I would get some cosmic comeuppance and shame that I had abused the trust of my adopted family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A hot bubble of shame rose in Pong's chest. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Another dressed him in his mother's clothing and paraded him through the bailey to shame him into valor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I felt a hot stab of shame, like somehow it was my own crime he was describing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The kindness from her old bosses, from Mr. Giancarlo’s daughter, from strangers—it brings a wave of shame that threatens to drown her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He felt weak and shivery, as though he were recovering from a bad bout of flu; he also felt the beginnings of shame. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Sierra saw little old couples tear it up, putting some of the awkward younger folks to shame. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The other two had to suffer the walk of shame, as they exited the chamber and went back to their old lives. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was not till some days later that he learned, to his surprise and with a twinge of shame, that he was not the only one who had been in trouble. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t be selfie shaming when you see pictures of me flying solo on boats and on mountains and on hot guys’ laps.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The trilling of our neighbors’ tongues set loose knives that cut the flesh from our bones and made us fall down with our shame and our love and our anger. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Lesson on lesson they’ve suffered through, recognizing, more profoundly each time, their indignity, shame, triviality. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z They would touch their bodies, feeling shame, then quickly hiding it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z When she held them, she remembered the powerful wanting she had felt in that dusty store, and the feeling of it was mixed up with fear and shame and darkness. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was precisely to keep from feeling this hate and shame and despair that he had always acted hard and tough toward them; and now he was without defense. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z They were afraid that those two healthy products of two races that had interbred over the centuries would suffer the shame of breeding iguanas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I was right ’shamed at how only three or four hours in chains had did so much damage. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “You’re the shame of our family name,” she shouted at him one Sunday after mass when she saw him in his new house playing cards with his officers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z On the day we heard this I sat sobbing in our kitchen, flattened with shame and rage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthias said nothing, but she saw a glimmer of shame move over his face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Ain’t no shame in being from the country,” Daddy says, not slowing down. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z I’d never realized, not until the last year or two of my life, how shaming it is to be pitied. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I drop my weapons and take a step back, my face burning in what can only be shame. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “My brothers could be relied upon to bring no shame upon House Lannister,” his father had replied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Ever since the night after the accident, she had hovered about him, fussing, asking questions, and when she peered into his face, he flushed with shame, remembering. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z This wave is shame, which I have felt before, but it is also hatred, which I have not, not in this pure form. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She knows, not because she heard me confess to my shame in the Candor interrogation room, but because she knows, she has experienced it herself, I’m sure of it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z My MST classmates are so indolent, they wouldn’t read the book for homework, so the teacher is making us read it aloud to shame us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z A patchwork memory is the shame of a refugee. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “What a shame. Seemed like a nice young man.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The beauty appointment with Princess Sabine floods back with a hot wave of embarrassment and shame. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Only the most flamboyant offal would be seen in a miscarriage like that. You must have some shame or at least some taste in dress.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They crept on, full of curiosity and shame. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The silence that I had always taken for sympathy and regret was a silence born of shame and embarrassment. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, give me a full replay of Chicago when you come. Aliya’s version wasn’t impressive. Plus, why are you ignoring my messages on Facebook? What’s up with your nonhijab pics? Is someone shaming you?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame we all have to go through that process, isn’t it?” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Those people had feelings of fear and shame like his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. O’Dea is the one master who can always bring the tears and the shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mother’s picture of President Eisenhower looked down at me from the wall, and I crossed my arms over my naked chest for shame, crying even harder. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame he’s not more of a showman,” Manet said softly to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z All she could feel was the shame of being hated, and not knowing what she’d done to deserve it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Lust stirred in the eyes of men when they looked at Deborah, lust that could not be endured because it was so impersonal, limiting communion to the area of her shame. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “That is a shame. Because today the lunch special is two for one dollar.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Mam says she’s glad it’s late and there’s no one on the streets to see our shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You’ll wear them reversed for the first two weeks of your banishment to show humility.and shame,” Edwin said, his voice hard as stone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The shame and stigma that follow you for the rest of your life—they are the worst. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My face burning with shame, I took in the sight of Frankie. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His face morphed into an expression I recognized—shame. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Legally barred from employment, housing, and welfare benefits—and saddled with thousands of dollars of debt—these people were shamed and condemned for failing to hold together their families. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But the shame burning my throat hurt too much to answer. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When, exactly, did they begin to feel shamed by it? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Jackson gives Katherine a smile of thanks and an ugly feeling rises up in me, part jealousy and part shame and part anger at myself for getting just a tad bit hysterical. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And so we were shamed into following her, and climbed down the steps to find a passage tunneled through thick ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It shames me now to know that I would eat it if it were alive today. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the story everyone except Scheherazade is a shame for their family, but the queen is especially shameful because she’s an oath breaker. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t disturb her,” I said, knowing that she was going to tell Mrs. Moss about my wanting to eat out of a can and feeling my heart fill with shame. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In just one week both of her sons had gone from success to failure, from public praise to public shame. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been weak, and he would carry that shame for the rest of his life. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On top of the meanness of Miranda’s words and of her friends’ laughter, there was the shame she felt at her heavy tongue and the embarrassment of the other students’ pity. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Oh, what a shame, it’s just started raining and most of the people are hidden under their umbrellas. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Henry shrugged, less out of indifference than shame. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The feelings of shame, at her own people and at the white people, grew inside her, side by side like monstrous twins that would have to be left in the hills to die. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z My head pulsed with shame and regret, and I couldn’t bear to meet his eyes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z What happened next is something that Aunt Joan told only my mother, years later, with the greatest of shame. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When we are done shaming them, we throw up our hands and then turn our backs as they are carted off to jail. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame about her, isn’t it? But when I see you with her, the two of you seem to be having actual conversations. Like real people.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She burned with shame twice a day when she stripped and got into her costume. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At department stores I angered my mother when I could not bargain without shame, poor people’s shame. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Fear hangs on the wall and shame, sometimes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they ought not stand here and pity him, cry over him; but look at him and go home, contented, feeling that their shame was washed away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “He’s making trouble. It’s a shame they got people like him walking the streets.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame that the Prince won’t be able to help you much with this, Harry,” she said brightly as she straightened up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Instead, it brought her the greatest shame and humiliation of her entire religious life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z More out of shame than fear of Edmund’s threat, I did not go to Laertes. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Under the kitchen window his shamed, downcast eyes fell upon a curiously shaped stone, a stone of such fascination that he squatted down and picked it up and turned it over in his hands. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse in the hearth mirror of a girl with a mark on her cheek that trumpeted her shame. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As one black minister commented, “It is not simply the shame of Chicago, but of the nation.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This shouldn’t matter, but it does: the sense of shame I feel about an incident is proportionate not just to the gravity of the situation, but also to the number of people who witnessed it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z In the other we have ordinary men, training, indoctrination, honor, glory, reputation, shame, loyalty, code, and believe in a cause. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z With a shamed frown, he opened his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He frowned wildly and did not complete his sentence; my face burned in shame. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z She hid all night in the cornfields, crying softly in shame. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But in this moment, it seemed to Mary Lou that the curse was in allowing yourself to be shamed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “What a shame! I must go out for a while.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he’s said it, his eyes buckle to the ground with shame. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z George scowled at him, and Lennie dropped his head in shame at having forgotten. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not perhaps acknowledge this to myself at the time, but as I say, what shame is there in it? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He talked willingly now, with a kind of satisfaction and no trace of hesitancy or shame. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally someone said it was a shame and closed the door. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “You must start trying, boy. You’re going to bring shame to our whole village.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “My home,” he said, raising his head, his eyes red, with grief, with shame, with anger. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z My insides sink into a puddle of shame. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "You shamed us all with that sorry episode. Joffrey is made of finer stuff." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She could see how it had taken root, calcified, inflamed by his own guilt and shame. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He knew that the moment he allowed himself to feel to its fulness how they lived, the shame and misery of their lives, he would be swept out of himself with fear and despair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z His shame as he watched her drive away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame a school bus pulled up at the wrong moment,” said Hugh. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been shouting, she realized with a sudden flush of shame. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Folks call me that ’cause my game’s acclaimed, so downright dirty, it’ll put you to shame. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z Maybe they have to get free lunch tickets and deal with all the same shame I had to deal with when I was first in school. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z She saw his desolate eyes through the broken tiles and had no reaction of shame but rather one of alarm. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Holmes broke them all—and with such forthright lack of shame that it became clear to Myrta that the rules must be different in Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z As much as I longed to see them, though, I knew that after all the sacrifices they had made for my dowry, I would shame them by returning home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z His eyes are glittering with fury and desire and maybe even shame. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But had the Queen been so shamed and sensitive about it? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sloth’s down there now. I saw her. Dreaming about a Lucky Strike got her nothing except shame cuts through her crew tattoos, and a whole lot of bad company.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame, but these fellows will be at us in a moment and we can’t stop them.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Considering how you’ve clammed up since I mentioned Vivian, l think we can agree that shame leads to withdrawal and anger.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z After the way I’d done bad and brought shame on the family, I deserved the whipping. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Such a shame that I missed my true calling.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Many years ago she had taken him to conceal the shame of her younger sister. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to shame himself and cry in front of Lula. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Now I would either goad him into shooting me or shame him into letting us go—or possibly, I would go home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z If only it were like at home where I knew someone in all the houses, knew them by sight and by name, by blood and by background, by shame and pride, and by religion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Rather than shaming and condemning an already deeply stigmatized group, we, collectively, can embrace them—not necessarily their behavior, but them—their humanness. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Bill got twelve, too. If we’re not careful, we’ll have another Head Boy in the family. I don’t think I could stand the shame.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z But when Mr. Muhammad’s teachings reversed my attitude toward my black brothers, in my guilt and shame I began to catch every chance I could to recruit for Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of me felt heart good that he defended me, but then the shame of my leg had sent him walking. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z There is no point in my holding back, not when I made a declaration that I was going to shame Cardan with my greatness. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Tell me, Captain, is that my shame or my glory?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Mrs. Viboon was trying to shame him, but he didn't plan to stick around long enough for that. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But he had gotten into a fight against orders and there was a blankness in his eyes, vacancy and shame. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But now the shame was an echo, and all he felt was regret—for the time he’d wasted, for the pain he’d caused, and yes, even now, for what he was about to do. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z For a second, I can see the shame she swallow ever day, working in that house. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You don’t mean that,” Mom said, shaming him with the tone of her voice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He began to cry again, weakly, out of shame and gratitude and relief. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z If she reveals herself as his mother, she will bring shame on him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “There’s no shame in making a fuss, you know. You’re awfully brave, but you have taken a bad knock.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I feel this big ball of shame well up inside of me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “A shame to kill you now,” Kronos mused, “before the final plan unfolds. I would love to see the terror in your eyes when you realize how I will destroy Olympus.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “My dear,” said Beatrice, rather impressed, “don’t say you have gone a bust and will put us all to shame? Mine is only home-made, you know.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I follow behind her, shame making me slow. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame the rest of you is so plain.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I wanted them to say how bad they felt about it and what a shame it was the way life could slip away so easily in Harlem, in our community, on our street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be a shame to die,” I told him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z For Kino was a well-liked man; it would be a shame if the pearl destroyed him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z A dainty white lady at the women’s club luncheon approaches the podium after my speech to say, after all, wasn’t it a shame that I wasn’t able to ‘use’ my Spanish in school. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You should hurry back. It would be a shame if you failed your community service requirements right at the end of the year.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And when I opened that box, all my shame, my fears, they fell away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The hidden fish of shame in a sea of glory. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please don’t punish J.T. the same as me, Your Honor. I brung a lot of shame on him, but I’m the only one here in this room is to blame.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z But what we used to lake out of that creek in those days would put them all to shame. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where have you been? Yawar was here looking for you! You have shamed us all with that creature of yours!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I want to drag knives over my skin, just so that I can feel something other than shame, but I’m not even brave enough to do that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “With respect, we been on the wrong sides too many times to be friends. Seems a shame to go and change all that now.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z What it came down to, stupidly, was a sense of shame. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t occur to her that Ammu would later invite shame upon herself—that she would go to the police and try and set the record straight. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She makes more than her husband, you know, so we’ll see how well the marriage fares—what a shame. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He could not abide her luxuries; and when she wore the blood-speckled dress to shame him, he revealed no interest or consternation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “My shame is as deep as my sorrow.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “But this past season—I know you remember, ’cause I couldn’t keep you away from them—they were so sweet and thick they made ordinary sugar be ’shamed.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She hid her blushes and her shame in a lonely cave, and never could be comforted. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To my shame, I must admit—I do not know. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He, to my crying shame, obeyed them in his limping dip-straight-dip fashion. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The shame is a horrible acid ball in her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Get ready to be shamed,” Doug said, spinning the ball on his finger. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I knew a look of pity and shame when I saw one. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Besides, he discovered in a burst of shame, I want to keep my job. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She sat for a minute, and I swear, that ole lady look like she was shamed. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z That shame in his eyes makes my feelings irrelevant. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z As long as one child is hungry, our life will be filled with anguish and shame. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The shame and the sorrow mixed together and he doubled his hands and put them behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Their combined grace puts all the other couples to shame. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In her first shame at her folly and lack of faith, Psyche fell on her knees and would have plunged the knife into her own breast if it had not fallen from her trembling hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I was ’shamed ’cause, wrong as it might seem, the first thing that came flooding into my heart was reliefness ’cause that meant I waren’t gonna have to keep my word and kill him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He was safe from shame or self-consciousness behind the mask of his paint and could look at each of them in turn. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Besides, it would be a shame to waste all this delightful snow.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And all the greedy and unkind thoughts you ever had, they know ’em all, and they shame you up and they make you feel sick with yourself...But you can’t get away from ’em.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “But then I read that letter from her daughters in Shanghai now, and I talk to Auntie Lindo, all the others. And then I knew. No shame in what she done. None.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But she didn’t, and what I remember now is that I went down the staircase burning with shame and resentment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a crying shame you never had kids, old man. Just think what a good grandpa you could’ve been.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Since he could remember, he had known Auntie’s shame for what his mother had done, and Auntie’s shame for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Its present condition would have shamed an elephant. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your PIH-er wasn’t saying you shouldn’t have brought John to Boston. Only that it was a shame you had to spend so much, given what else you could do with twenty grand.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Without caring that people could hear her she asked herself aloud what horrible sin Amaranta had committed to make her prefer an impious death to the shame of confession. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We don’t want to come back in our next lives as dogs because we felt no shame.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame Henry here was too busy signing papers with Auntie Pezza all week to learn some sheet music or we could have fired our pianist.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The death of Violetta was meant to strike shame into Verdi’s audiences’ hearts, as it did the meddling father of her lover in the final scene. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And in Ged's heart a cold shame settled also and would not be dislodged, as he thought always how he had faced his enemy and been defeated and had run. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame he was a Communist!” the senator told his granddaughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z These were the ladies who drowned their shame and floated in living people’s houses with their hair undone to show their everlasting despair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody glanced in shame at his mother, and he saw that she was looking at Carl, and that she wasn’t breathing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex felt his ears go red as he flushed with shame. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Sisters,” he said to both of us, “you must wear a burqa. You are bringing shame.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My arms hung limply at my sides and I lowered my head in hopeless shame. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a shame that such a fellow must die, but he had his orders, so there it was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Even thinking about it turns my face hot with shame. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She won’t expose herself to the shame of not being able to speak to the administrators in Spanish, or read the paperwork, or even write her name on the form. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he then command me to a convent for my safety, not to hide my shame? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And I myself should hold it shame for any girl to flout her own dear parents, taking up with a man, before her marriage. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's a sin and a shame," an old man hissed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The silence—driven by stigma and fear of shame—results in a repression of public thought, a collective denial of lived experience. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z All right, I made mistakes, especially in Minneapolis, and these mistakes were at the time an occasion for feelings of failure and shame. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know. I know. But let them live in shame instead.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And yet he knew he had a certain protection; he knew that a certain element of shame would keep Mrs. Dalton from asking him too much and letting him know that she was worried. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s one of the reasons, aside from shame, why I decided to join the Foreign Service. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It occurs after it has become clear that Brandon has ruined everything—brought shame to his family and school and sullied the reputation of a girl he doesn’t even know. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Even Uncle Kufa hadn’t possessed anything that fine, and it seemed a shame to leave it behind. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I can already imagine their disappointment, the shame. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The tower bells were singing, summoning the city to bear witness to her shame. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She quit two weeks ago. It’s a shame,” he said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hate, but there was grief and shame mixed up in it, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But Mother said it was a shame to lose her shoes, even though they were old ones. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z If Rekh were to look at him with disdain and disappointment he knew he would shrivel with the shame. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z One day of such reports was all that Victarion Greyjoy could stomach; he paid the gold price for food and water, though it shamed him, and took his ships back out to sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was on his land and as such would not be shamed in front of his son. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s what married people do. It’s what the Prophet himself and his wives did. There is no shame.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z They were glad to go because the new world had brought them nothing but sorrow, poverty and shame. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Burning with shame, Lyddie glanced over as Diana, without a quiver of impatience, helped the girl retrieve the broken ends and tie a weaver’s knot. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But nothing was like the shame he felt as he watched and listened to Pilate. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And he shut the gate quickly out of shame. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t bear to see their faces darkened with shame. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt an overwhelming sense of shame as I peeled myself off the ground, shook hands with Cecilia, and walked off the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They had been taught since childhood that retreating, surrendering, or being captured in war was a great shame to your nation and family. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Or we could choose to be a nation that shames and blames its most vulnerable, affixes badges of dishonor upon them at young ages, and then relegates them to a permanent second-class status for life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Now, facing Nick, I trembled with shame and frustration, but I was dry-eyed. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s such a shame he still has a touch of dishonesty in him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “What a shame,” she said under her breath. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It is perpetual shame to me that I have nothing to offer my parents. Yet I promise they shall not go in need.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed a shame to plan on covering up a fine coffin with them, but they were sure pretty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z But Francie was never shamed again in that way and if Miss Briggs did not treat her with kindness, at least she didn’t nag at her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The impudent child was detested by God and a shame to its parents and could bring destruction to its house and line. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He said this with no trace of shame or apology. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z A heavy feeling of shame twisted inside Anya, and she got up from the table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Despite her new clothes, Lyddie could feel the shame burning through her rough brown cheeks. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Bull, shame on you for saying that to your own son,” Lillian flared. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever the reason the factory had shut down all those years ago, it was a shame. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Tree-ear began hopping about their little den like a rabbit, dodging Crane-man’s jabs and swipes, his shame forgotten for the moment, as the day ended in laughter. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I saw the shock and shame in my father's eyes as he lay helpless in front of his wife and children. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z He didn’t respond and she quickly withdrew, for she knew that he was lost to her, in his own world of shame and defeat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt hungry and nervy and sick and jealous and sluggy and shamed and many things. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “And last year she got an address. She was going to tell your father soon. Aii-ya, what a shame. A lifetime of waiting.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Courageous would have been admitting weakness and leaving Dauntless, no matter what shame accompanied it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “To control us. And so our learning was lost, along with our leadership, and so much else. A chain of knowledge handed down over centuries, and a library to shame even your great Zosma.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “It’s a crying shame, takin’ him around like a circus freak.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Would have saved us some trouble if the kid had ratted on his partner, but he denied everything to the end. Like I said, it’s a shame. Probably would have made a good Executive.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “She’s letting herself go. Such a shame. With a good haircut and a little makeup, she could be stunning.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was an act of impossible fate, because in the confusion of her indignation, in the fury of her shame, she had lied to him so that he would never know her real identity. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Sadness and rage bubbled through his veins, coupled with the unwelcome sense of shame. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The curse of physical shame was broken by the sun; I was no longer ashamed of my body. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or perhaps I will mumble my way through my interview like a dimwit and be sent home again in shame,” she fretted. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z To have failed at one's Assignment—to be reassigned—had something of a shame to it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Eugene, shame, in front of Ultima,” my mother said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry met her eyes with a mixture of defiance and shame. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Desdemona stared down at her silkworm box, her cheeks crimson with the shame and fury she’d been suffering for the last thirty-six hours. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was the shame in my mother’s eyes if she ever found out about who I was, and the disgust. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z It was forbidden not only by politeness, but by something deeper than that—something like shame. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He simply looked out the window and said loud enough for all in the room to hear: “What a shame when Jew will steal from Jew.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Moss felt the gloved hands run over his chest, down his sides, and then his shirt was lifted up, exposing his stomach to everyone, and he felt shame and terror rush through him anew. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Her body would lie on the stones below, broken and innocent, shaming all those who had betrayed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z While the women tried to shame us, and Vonetta and I stood our ground, the worst had happened. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It was not Mary he was reacting to when he felt that fear and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She was afraid to go home, afraid that Mama would make scornful shame of her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now ain’t that a shame, ’cause any second now I’m going to ram this here fireball down your throat.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Seven knew there was no shame in a cleaning job, but toad sludge smelled horrific and pennies weren’t enough to live or eat on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z He thrust the feeling from him, not with shame, but with impatience. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I am going to shame you with my defiance. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Far from being a place of comfort or refuge, churches can be a place where judgment, shame, and contempt are felt most acutely. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When they hit Jason, he almost lost consciousness—overwhelmed by hatred and fear and shame... The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Hold on tight, or you might fall. That would be a shame.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z At the same time, I wanted to back away from Laia in shame. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If my aunts catch me spending time with a boy, I’ll bring even more shame to Mother. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z “I guess it’s just hard to get over the shame.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The shame was nothing I ever could have conveyed with thimbles or squirt guns filled with mayonnaise. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z And the manufacturers and importers and salesmen down on their knees, repenting in public, conical paper hats like dunce hats on their heads, shame printed on them in red. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z "What a shame. You sure you don't wanna beer to go with that? Must hurt." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z We have powerful defense mechanisms—personal prejudice, shame, societal messages, and, yes, technology. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “It would be a shame to die without riding the Cyclone,” he told me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There’s been a lot of people that got killed, girls and boys, and that’s a shame. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Men, I was learning, were sinvergüenzas, which meant they had no shame and indulged in behavior that never failed to surprise women but caused them much suffering. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "There's no shame in fear, my father told me, what matters is how we face it. Come, I'll help you gather up the maps." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I can't do anything but feel shame when Dad looks at me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It seems a shame to make them leave.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z There would be shame and there would be pity, and Lexie knew she was not equipped to withstand either one. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the end, Baba and Dayah are shamed out of the ditch. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z All the stern talking-tos she’d gotten at the orphanage, all the wagging fingers and tight faces...they circled back around her like a whirlwind of shame. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Which is kind of a shame, you know, what with all those babes who keep throwing themselves at me and stuff?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “They’ll be talking about this one for years,” he said hoarsely, “a really unexpected twist, that. . . . shame it couldn’t have lasted longer. Ah yes. . .. yes, I owe you . . . how much?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The baton hit Moss’s left knee, making him crumple to the ground in an instant, overwhelmed with pain, with shame, the burning agony. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Jon persuaded some, cajoled some, shamed the others, made threats where threats were required. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Biddy look shamed and started pondering her toes again. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Something was a shame, but I didn't know what. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It’s not their fault and it’s no shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He lowered his head in shame, his cumbersome face burning. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And of course Andrew would have to come in, or Miss Lark would shame him by coming out and bringing him in. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z That had been an awful moment of hate and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It would be a shame to miss the boasting. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt helpless, her cheeks hot with shame. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Fuller waved me out the door and sent me away with no further punishment than my shame and having missed lunchtime. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z In it, he saw the shame that came with gratitude, and he knew that in this brief moment, she was his mirror. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I feel shame and guilt and all else I should be feeling now, but this relief—it covers me like the Louisiana heat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z A tremor shook me; it was as though he had suddenly given a name to, had organized the vagueness that drifted through my head, and I was overcome with swift shame. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He settled on file couch as one by one all Lyra’s clothes came off, to her resentment and shame; but she still had file presence of mind to conceal it and act dull-witted and compliant. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I imagine you’re still witty and sassy, and that your Farsi puts mine to shame. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Most survivors are “preoccupied with shame, self-loathing, and a sense of failure.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z It’s a shame the museum didn’t take care of it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Idle and withdrawn in her grief and shame, she whittled away the days making lace for nothing, reading her newspapers, tossing them on the floor, picking them up again. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When she’d returned, his mother had touched his face, which burned with shame. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He conceived a shame for his scar; he hated his scar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Women, said the people, were always running away from the O’Sullivan men, and wasn’t that a shame, particularly for Sean, who could do no wrong. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z And what I felt, standing there, was not fear or remorse but only terrible, crushing humiliation, a dreadful, red-faced shame I hadn’t felt since childhood. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I looked at Jaja and wondered if the dimness in his eyes was shame. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s a shame we can’t just admit that we have failed family living, sell the house, split up the money, and get on with our lives. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z All the while surging from my gut: fire sourness weight anger loneliness confusion embarrassment shame. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z She had enough sweets to lure Clara out; there was no shame in eating a few herself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And then I feel ashamed of my shame. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Patchwork story is the shame of a refugee. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was so ’shamed of myself for lying that I couldn’t talk no more of this growned-folks language. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I still think what happened is funny in its perfect awfulness, but I understand his shame too. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Her face went red with shame, but Seven would want to know if her dad were involved too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My lack of experience was a source of shame and the root of all my insecurities. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I am so flooded with shame my consciousness flickers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Full of shame, Amari wished the woman would drop the subject. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z What a shame so much land went to waste in the middle of the city, but what could one do? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It sank in that she was seeing a vision of the murders she had averted, and whatever shame she might have felt at Minya’s tirade earlier, she didn’t feel it anymore. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He grimaced in shame—unlike him, his wife was afraid of nothing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The thought of the shame brings a pain in my heart and starts me sniffling. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Eva’s eyebrows fluted up and the newlywed pressed her lips together in shame. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Edmund’s insult rang in my ears, still red with undeserved shame. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My flesh prickled with shame, for I knew the Negroes rightly resented me for attracting such unfavorable attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Forcing herself to push aside her shame and worry, Celaena lifted her chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He went, his face overlaid with shame and misery. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z In a way, that incident helped me overcome the type of shame that leads many people to deny their heritage, to forget where they come from, for the sake of acceptance. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only picture of you I got, Momma, and you standing in a alley. Ain't that a shame.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Feel free to have a look around the lot. I’ll have my guys keep an eye out for him. It would be a terrible shame if something happened to him.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The birth had betrayed his mother and brought shame to the family and to the people. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z “That is a real shame. Here, come sit in it.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z She imagined they all knew that she’d been born a harami, a source of shame to her father and his family. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He tilts his head and looks up at her with mock shame. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to tell anyone. But it’d just be a shame if you had all these people willing to support you, and you never let them.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “A shame. I quite like blow- fish. I am Poseidon.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z This was their secret shame, and it had been kept from him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He felt no shame, for shame was not Loki’s way, but he knew that he had pushed the gods too far. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She remembered her sister Arsinoe’s shame as she was paraded through the streets. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It seemed a shame, but we couldn’t fix them, and couldn’t leave them around for the mortals, so we stuffed the wings in the trash bin outside the cafeteria. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Her full lips were loose and her eyes were black—with shame, or rage, or both. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was almost a shame the way the cap’n set ’bout searching the thieves’ home. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z He felt that some day there would be a black man who would whip the black people into a tight band and together they would act and end fear and shame. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It emanated from him like currents of heat, so loud and blistering that without even probing him, the chief mate could sense flashes of pain in his chest, visions of black and amber liquid, shame. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Shame, girl. I’m talking bout shame. What’s your magic? Why you scared of it?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Jay says the shame of falling off the wagon makes her stay away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame when a man’s worth less than a beast.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “It would be a shame to have it stolen before you could sell it,” the doctor said, and he saw Kino’s eyes flick involuntarily to the floor near the side post of the brush house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a shame if he were stolen and used for an escape.” v Hazel felt like she’d been plugged into a wall socket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “He says this is war. There is no shame in war.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And waves of shame and embarrassment would force me back up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She fell in love with him, madly and miserably, overwhelmed with shame at such a love, but utterly unable to conquer it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z As I stand away from the other kids, who laugh with each other like normal, I’m full of shame from how I let them down. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The words of a boy—Selvam was not sixteen—shaming us all. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re tempted to use it to show that you have the common touch, make clear that you know better: Now, ain’t that a shame! Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed his shame was greater than mine, to be mastered by a mere girl. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z A shame I did not break my leg, that would have left them howling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A look of shame flashed over Henry’s face, but he buried it under a grin. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Her sadness is my shame, the old man thought, another mark of my failure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I knew that the city had opened relief stations, but each time I thought of going into one of them I burned with shame. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet. It’s a shame what kids can do these days with computers. I thought we gave you all too much homework. I mean, what jerk would find the time, you know?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z They don’t like the way he seems, worrying to Theo that Vincent is “exaggerated and overwrought, quoting at random from the Bible....It is a bitter, bitter shame.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He was proud of their shame because it meant that he had the ability of begetting refined children. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I washed off the shame and anger in cold, cold water. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Bigger’s shame for his mother amounted to hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “What a shame for an artist like Cooky to end up a dough-slinger on a ship like yours. ” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I know only that it had a strange effect on me: it no longer filled me with doubt and distress, loneliness, shame. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The girls’ eyes met and something passed between them, shock, or shame that they had been laughing in the park when there was this. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s because she’s totally drunk, but I don’t notice any shred of shame or embarrassment, which I admire in a strange way. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It really was a shame they were all probably going to die tonight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And the things he’d felt for Nina had caused him so much shame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He explained briefly, feeling his cheeks warm with the shame that the angel must be feeling. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But guilt doesn’t go anywhere near far enough; the appropriate emotion is shame—shame at our own dependency, in this case, on the underpaid labor of others. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It’d been a shame that Dorian had left so quickly an hour ago; she hadn’t even had the chance to speak to him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One of the shames I have carried for years is that I blame myself for all of this. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to read aloud and found to my shame that this was nobook of prayer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z My face burned with heat and shame, although I didn’t know what for. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z ‘But how can I return without shame — unless there is indeed no other way, and we are already defeated?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z At last when no man is angry any more at wrongdoing or feels shame in the presence of the miserable, Zeus will destroy them too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It must be right. I heard exactly the same. A shame. Only her second as well. Glad that didn’t happen to me.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “They follow me and show respect. They do not look down in shame. They do not resist and turn the opposite way. You will be a good wife, mother, and daughter-in-law.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It seems like a shame to waste these long summer days. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As I came to understand what Manzanar had meant, it gradually filled me with shame for being a person guilty of something enormous enough to deserve that kind of treatment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z "The Dothraki mate like the animals in their herds. There is no privacy in a khalasar, and they do not understand sin or shame as we do." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bridey Hannon told Mam that Mrs. Meagher is in a constant state of shame over the rags they wear and so desperate she goes down to the Dispensary for the public assistance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It was as if the incident at the circus, which had so shamed him, had brought him on in some subtle way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I felt no shame to see her face cloud over with tears as she went on her way. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I practically couldn’t read my handwriting myself; it shames even to remember it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z There were perquisites, apart from the thrill of shaming a man in front of his family or roughing up an unseasoned buck who squinted at you the wrong way. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z At least Nina wasn’t here to witness that particular shame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Amil shook his head and looked down, shame in his hunched shoulders. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I respect my grandparents,” he said, putting her to shame. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame such an unstable individual was allowed to have a position of responsibility.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Have you no shame? Lying there all silky and wanton, having good dreams while our lives fall apart?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Because, Mr. Norton, if you don't know where you are, you probably don't know who you are. So you came to me out of shame. You are ashamed, now aren't you?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dill met Brother McKinnon’s caustic gaze, his shame decaying into anger. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z The tips of his ears burning with shame, Fadi slunk into the front seat. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I felt immediate shame, hot and choking, for the last thing I’d said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t know why Mrs. O’Connell had to shame me before the whole world, and I don’t think I’m too good for the post office or anything else. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Her fear, her guilt, her shame that Charlie was a moron. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’d be a shame to waste such a pretty dress” is all I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Old Me would have been flooded with shame or worry or guilt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Tenorio threatened with his fist, “for what you have said to shame my daughters and my good name in front of those men, I will see you dead!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not here. No son should have to bear witness to his mother’s shame.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They stood in silence in the open kitchen door, she struggling against her tears, he struggling against his shame. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’d have kept going anyway. But I never knew I’d shame you all like this. Aunt Rachel — what do they do to witches?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I’m proud of my family and the shame of the eye is worse than the pain. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That’s what the black Mary did to me, made me feel my glory and my shame at the same time. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I did feel an element of shame in being a victim, and heard myself pointing out to everyone that this was the first time it had happened to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She just said, “Oh, that’s a shame,” and I could tell she didn’t mean it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Call it guilt, shame, a need for redemption. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The thought of explaining her gift to him brought an immediate flush of shame. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And after I had been prevailed upon to eat I would eat as little as possible, feeling that some of the shame of charity would be taken away. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But I told myself there’s no shame in hard work, just like you would have said, and that all the work has to get done by somebody. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z There was the pain and shame of seeing his father crumple before any man—even himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess it’s a shame that it took swastikas to inspire the kids of Chokecherry to get up off their butts. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “It is a shame that our ride down through the city in the sphere was so frightening. I wish I could do that again sometime for fun.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “What shame to my household is this?” she cried at the warriors. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z And even though the confirmation would shame him, it would make him the happiest boy in Virginia. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "She's about to be free, then," I say quietly, wishing I could see the woman's face again, after the fear and shame left it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She should shut her eyes, she thought, and spare herself the sight of her sister’s shame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Each of us felt the same shame, felt how foolish and weak we were in the face of the domination of the whites. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But I notice they don’t have shame in asking each other for money, so I write it down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Inside, he felt numbed and foolish, stung by a pang of guilt and shame and regret. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z At the last and greatest thunderbolt every man startled involuntarily, and each saw the other startle, until they laughed away their shame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The wrapping paper was sky blue and sparkly, so pretty that it was almost a shame to tear it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Still, you lose your shame quickly in this horrid place. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is I, the Great Bentini,” Ben mimicked as he began to dribble the ball between his legs trying to shame his father into open court where he knew he could drive around him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My conscience, my shame, it all boiled over. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He need be ’shamed of hisselfj scaring young folk with them nonsense stories.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z He might have thought about it a bit beforehand—and no shame in that. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z His sons had been fat as well, but they had not shamed themselves in battle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It was some man, and she excused her shame by putting it on the god.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Madoc insists—perhaps out of guilt or shame—that we be treated like the children of Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m ashamed of you, Catherine Barkley. You have no shame and no honor and you’re as sneaky as he is.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “Respect your teacher! Give my regards to Miss Maestas! Do not bring shame to our name.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z About the problem of trying to convince their kids never to be ashamed of who they were, while all the time hiding their own shame for not being better providers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Veterans stood and reiterated their objections to the “black gash of shame.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t stop my tears, and they shamed me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z In his lifetime, he will suffer the public shame of impeachment. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was exactly what Lyddie remembered doing, but she knew, to her shame, that her own face had betrayed exasperation, while Brigid’s was as gentle as that of a ewe nuzzling her lamb. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But I hadn’t lain nearby and smelled their sweat or heard them pleading and praying, shamed before their families and themselves. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Aureliano got undressed, tormented by shame, unable to get rid of the idea that his nakedness could not stand comparison with that of his brother. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The opposite of shame is respect, and Margaret had shown me a lot of respect. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I look down at Ma’s empty purse to hide my shame. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z It was a shame, Bitter had said; his hands were actually good at making things other than bruises and breaks. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Such a shame you couldn't do a scene with more participants.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And that's the best way I can explain how the word shame sprang from me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena almost sighed with relief, though it shamed her to feel that way. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z When it was all done and Estella was dead, he wished he could bury her with her mother and so be free of the shame of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I bet he drinks heavily to smother the shame of what his life has become, and dies of liver failure by forty-three,” I said. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When this happened, she was sure that all those things she’d been taught about feeling shame were wrong. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I watched him, burning with shame at my complicity; but there was no way out of this arrangement, should I wish to continue my education. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Were he to lose, it felt like it would be shame piled on shame in the community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My mother stopped what she was doing and gave me a look; I could not tell if it was pity or shame or disappointment. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z My cheeks tingle with shame as I stoop to pick up the dented breadbox. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Darkness engulfed Birmingham, Alabama, on that tragic day of sorrow and shame. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z During those years when middle-class black Americans began to assert with pride, ‘Black is beautiful,’ I was able to regard my complexion without shame. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shan’t. But that was an interesting story of Quinn’s, since you mention him. It’s a shame to have spoiled it. I suppose you knew his theory?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z She might have passed out from the hurt, from shame upon shame, but Wash was there, beside her, and her only wish was not to miss that moment. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, this man was not Voltaire we killed. But still. It’s a shame. I feel bad about it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z From their starting blocks to their jumping standards to their landing systems and cages and hurdles and bleachers, their equipment totally puts Liberty High to shame. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It’s a shame, too, because all Lourdes ever sees in Brooklyn is dull little wrens or those filthy pigeons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z For you at least I am grieved, feeling for your shame. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He knows they re impatient with him, that he is causing them shame. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The stalls were open and the toilets had no lids, by which we knew that ghosts have no sense of shame or privacy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Sister,” Antain said, feeling a familiar stab of shame just thinking of that awful day when he left the Tower with a note. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I shudder, eyes closing against the hot spike of shame. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I answer nothing because the only thing I feel now is shame. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I knew I should keep my mouth shut, but Mr. D was about to kill me or haul me back to camp in shame, and I couldn’t stand either idea. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z But they were trained warriors, and a moment later their dæmons leapt at the angel, savage teeth flashing white in the gloom—and Balthamos flinched: he cried out in fear and shame, and shrank back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z But it would be a great shame if you could never go south any more, for the fishing, for the warmth in winter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I trembled in front of him, split down the middle by fury and shame, hate and love, understanding and darkness, a frantic tide pulled by a wild moon. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The stigma of race was once the shame of the slave; then it was the shame of the second-class citizen; today the stigma of race is the shame of the criminal. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Samuel said softly, “I wonder you do not feel a shame at leaving that land fallow.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But at the question a wave of shame and outrage shook me and I ran, still heading for Jack. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We missed the fun of the wedding, you know, it’s a shame to deprive us of all excitement. Hands up for the Manderley fancy dress ball. There you see, de Winter? Carried unanimously.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “I can see them, too,” I told her, whispering it like a secret shame. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z By the time Aggo returned with Grey Worm and fifty of the Unsullied loping behind his horse, Dany had shamed all of them into helping her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yes. It’s such a shame. He was such a fine big boy. I thought you knew.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z To hear the girls from the other dormitories tell it, Miss Lucy’s diligence put her colleagues to shame. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The twins giggled and Simon lowered his face in shame. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Then more shame at seeing his father—with an accommodating “we all understand how it is” smile—buckle before the policemen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks down at his hands and I can see the shame eating away at him. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Olanna did not want Baby to touch those children in their torn clothes, milky mucus trailing from their noses, but she didn’t say so; it shamed her that she felt that way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The tears that slipped down many faces were not wiped away in shame. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A familiar shame burnt from my neck, but I nodded. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The shame of the dream lasted until the middle of the day. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Remarkably, it is not uncommon today to hear media pundits, politicians, social critics, and celebrities—most notably Bill Cosby—complain that the biggest problem black men have today is that they “have no shame.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Sighing, Nicole’s mom ran a hand over the thickness of her thighs, the roundness of her bottom, and it was as if Nicole could feel the shame in her own body. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The soft consonants suggested an unthinkable obscenity, the sibilant ending whispered the family’s shame. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The embarrassment and shame that washed through me painted my face red. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I end up hunching over and slinking away, shame curdling inside me then reaching its fingers to wrap tight around my body. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z It is a shame that we will have to lose the Weed, but I fear there really is no way to warn him. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The shame and anger we felt for having allowed ourselves to be duped crept into our blows and blood ran into our eyes, half blinding us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Hot shame flooded him as the scene in the car came back; he felt again the pressure of Jan’s fingers upon his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She tried to think of him as a father who’d buried a child, but she couldn’t forget how he’d shamed her in his store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She lies down on a psychiatrist couch, squeezing tears out about this shame. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I lose again this year, the shame will be unbearable. Three years in a row?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Don’t dare presume there’s shame in the lot of a woman who carries on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Under the grotesque, magnificent shell with a face like Quasimodo’s, there was shame and self-loathing which had been planted there when he was tiny, by something which it is now too late to trace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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