abashed

• “Do I interrupt a rehearsal?" he asked; but there was nothing in the way he walked across the room to Hilda Howe to suggest that the idea abashed him.”

  Hilda A Story of Calcutta

• “[28] Mr. Bain (` The Emotions and the Will, 'p. 64) has discussed the "abashed" feelings experienced on these occasions, as well as the stage-fright of actors unused to the stage.”

  The expression of the emotions in man and animals

• “Lanon de Larenaudiere, Président du Tribunal, &c. It is not possible for me to convey to you a notion of the warmth, cordiality, and joyousness of heart, that marked the reception which this gentleman instantly gave me: and I will frankly own that I was as much "abashed" as ever our ancient friend Caxton had been -- in the presence of his patroness the Duchess of”

  A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One

• “But at least DeNiro has the grace to look abashed, which is more than can be said about Pacino (”

  FlickFilosopher.com

• “I spent the ride home abashed and fuming at myself, and at Mary, and at the confusion I felt again with this case.”

  Simon & Schuster: Deadly

• “Once, the director says, he was editing the little-girl-in-the-well scene—a staple of Burmeister productions—when he was abashed to discover that he had inadvertently shot the girl standing alongside the firemen outside the hole.”

  The Wall Street Journal: The 'Ed Wood of the Pampas' Gives New Meaning to Low-Budget Films

• “The sun had an angry look, and a few light, fleecy "nigger-heads" in that quarter seemed abashed and frightened and soon disappeared.”

  Story of a Typhoon off the Coast of Japan

• “What did you think of the —" He hesitated, abashed at his first attempt to use a strange word.”

  Chapter 14

• “Nothing abashed him, nor was he appalled by the display and culture and power around him.”

  Chapter I

• “He was speechless and abashed, and could only stare at her face, which was white with anger.”

  CHAPTER XIII

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