abashed
Example Sentences
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It is not the fact that his personality has been largely unknown, that his wealth abashes ciphers, that makes him significant.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Yes; that is why I don't want you to tell me that Gabriel is handsome; it abashes me too much.”
From The Squatter and the Don by Loyal, C.
It weighs on him, it is a burden, a pressure, it sinks and abashes him.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
It is the new element, the higher something which abashes the unabashed, and makes John, who caused Henry's nose to bleed, tremble when little Mary stamps her foot.
From The Uncalled A Novel by Dunbar, Paul Laurence
Vocabulary lists containing abashed
The Alchemist
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It must have slipped my mind...
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