| The hot blood mounted to the boy's cheek, whether in abashment or in anger would be impossible to say. |
| He tells that story, without abashment, with pride almost, but then being who he is he can get away with it. |
| It was the preacher, who with many excuses stepped in and with some abashment tried to grind out what he had to say. |
| And much to my abashment he and the old man fell upon my neck and kissed me on both cheeks. |
| He dropped the hand that had been lightly resting on her arm, and his dapper air of self-confidence wilted in abashment. |
| As soon as Ned and I could recover from our abashment, we also said good morning. |
