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Examples
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Of crimes that blot the Age, the World with shame,
Ildiko Csengei 2008
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If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame,
Archive 2008-08-01 Not a sheep 2008
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I said, you know that's a shame, I said, it's a low down, ol 'dirty shame,
Son House Lyrics 2009
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Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame,
All I Ask Is The Chance.... Newmania 2007
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But as I cannot at this time prevail upon myself personally to discover a secret which cannot well be unfolded without feelings of shame,
Castle Dangerous 2008
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Strange that men should sit in the stead of shame,
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For, by proceeding in the same way as above, we can easily show that love is united to repentance, scorn, shame,
The Ethics 2007
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No shame on you who teach, to teach these easy matters; but for me to lack the knowledge of them, and most of all if highly useful to the learner, worse than shame,
Oeconomicus 2007
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O sir, said I, and I could have kissed him, but for shame,
Pamela 2006
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From forth thy reach he would have laid thy shame,
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