But surely a girl has some rights of her own," he said, and then I was silent and a little ashamed, having a sense of female helplessness which I had never felt before and could find no words for.
I could not help feeling a little ashamed of my embarrassment, and crossing in front of my husband I seated myself in a chair before the fire.
I resolved to do this, and after all that has happened since I feel a little ashamed to tell of the efforts I made to play a part for which I was so ill-fitted by nature and education.
She was a little ashamedat her slight breach of etiquette, and a good deal pained; and her strange guest seemed to be at once aware of both feelings.
Dick Crawford, if I was not a little ashamed of you for allowing yourself to have these fits of low spirits, I would tell you something to prove how 'brave' I am!
Anna felt a little ashamed of herself, not because of her bad policy, but because she saw that Mr. Price might have been handicapped by the faults of her property.
Alfred was just a little ashamed of the admission and entered into an explanation: "I never tried to fight them before, though they have done everything they could to worry me.
Alfred was feeling just a little ashamed of the part he had played in the dispute; he felt that he had gone a bit further than he should.
Then a little ashamed of the question continued: "Of course you had to open it, otherwise you wouldn't have known to whom it belonged.
His voice is reassuring, and Portia, drawing her breath more freely, feels just a little ashamed of her momentary terror.
Then she grows a little ashamed of herself, as she catches Dulce's quick, puzzled glance.
Redclyffe sat down, and sipped his claret, feeling a little ashamed of himself, as people are apt to do after a display of this kind.
Well, well; you can forgive a little English prejudice," said the Warden, a little ashamed.
With his usual honesty and stubbornness, he had tried hard sometimes to feel the beauty of some of these works, but he had always been bewildered and a little ashamed of himself.
A little ashamed of his anger, old Schulz was lying on his back, motionless, waiting, breathless, for the tumult in his heart to die down.
And yet she was a little ashamed: "It is too much trouble to tidy up," she said.
He flushed and laughed as if a little ashamed of his emotional way of putting it.
He begged my pardon, and we shook hands; and I felt just a little ashamed of myself, although when I think of what he said, I see no misbehaviour on my part.
When I saw him next, he had gathered up his courage, and was a little ashamed of his own breakdown.
And after that, she never knew when the brilliant tandem passed, which made me feel a little ashamed of myself.
And, tenderly respectful as her mind was, she felt a little ashamed, a little to blame that Margaret had been so easily deceived.
Katie, who was a little ashamed of these pranks, stood by him primly, and pretended to be bored.
She was a little ashamed of feeling so deeply, but the beauty of the music so completely occupied her mind that, save as "a kind lad," she did not think of Lewis at all.
She was a little ashamed, a little self-conscious, hoping that nobody would see her.
When she discovered this sentiment in her own spirit she was a little ashamed of it, but still it was there.
It was obvious that the superintendent wanted to get away as quickly as possible from the subject, which I had been foolish enough to discuss in rather a disagreeable manner, and I felt not a little ashamed of my want of tact.
There was no mistaking this order, so I hurried up, a little ashamed at having slept so long.
The first time frenzy had left him, and he was beginning to be a little ashamed of himself for having expressed his views in a manner which, though satisfying, was, he felt, less dignified than he could have wished.
She did not reveal these thoughts to Kirk because she was more than a little ashamed of them.
Her father left home at half-past eight, and Emily, a little ashamed at so deceiving him, went into the town at the same time on pretence of a desire to share his walk.
The applicant must always be a little ashamed of his name; they learn that, you know, from the way in which they are addressed by employers.
Already he was a little ashamed of himself; he was experiencing again the feeling which had come over him after his first speech to a political meeting.
Rollo had just looked round, and seeing that the head remained still where it was, he was a little ashamed of his fears; so at first he did not answer, but walked along towards Jonas.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little ashamed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
