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  • And there is the fear of an evil reputation; we are afraid of being thought evil, because we do or say some dishonourable thing, which fear we and all men term shame.

    Laws 2006

  • And it is a man who has known me twenty years and has called me friend, who has taught me the deep meaning of the word shame.

    The Plum Tree David Graham Phillips 1889

  • But there was, he believed, something more than the feeling which her father described as shame.

    The Prime Minister 1876

  • But there was, he believed, something more than the feeling which her father described as shame.

    The Prime Minister Anthony Trollope 1848

  • Complete Self-Appreciation: Alongside fear, it seems that our greatest emotional obstacle to spiritual marturity and authentic power is this feeling we call shame.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • Future conservatives will look back on this time and shake their heads in shame.

    Axelrod slams Romney 2009

  • All of these politicians should hold their heads in shame.

    King: Economic pain throbs on Lakota reservation 2009

  • Wilson and his supporters should hang their collective heads in shame.

    House Democrats plan vote to admonish Wilson 2009

  • Let the Republicans, Huckabee included, think about what they did to Michael Dukakis about this same issue and hang their heads in shame.

    Huckabee: Justice system 'failed miserably' with Clemmons 2009

  • Every Republican fighting this much-needed health care bill should hang their heads in shame.

    Senate health care bill clears key hurdle 2009

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