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Used Auto Part 2008

That, of course, is a very abashing situation to any man; the condition is likewise a potential wrecker of any marriage.

Erectile Dysfunction: Psychological Complexities and Physical Difficulties as Causes 2008

It was not so much the particular rebuff which she had just experienced, but the whole abashing trend of the day.

Sister Carrie 2004

They will meet his attack by bringing up their authorities as a way of abashing him — argumentum ad verecundiam, and then cry out that they have won the battle.

The Art of Literature 2004

Who does not perceive that arguments of this kind are employed for the purpose of abashing and unsettling the minds of ignorant and inexperienced hearers; that, being blinded by a certain fear and stupor, they may not be able to form a judgment on the truth, nay, that they may not dare to touch the matter under controversy, through a vain fear of heresy!

The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2 1560-1609 1956

Webster, -- on whose ponderous brow and fixed abashing eyes is set the despotism of intellect; Silas Wright, -- a well-grown and cultivated specimen of the ordinary statesman; Henry Clay and

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various

I had picked out of the street, and warmed and fed, playing the condescending, reserved lady, forsooth! and abashing and humbling me by her d---- d lofty, proud looks!

Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life George Thompson

She fell to rocking herself again and twisting the sheet in an outrageous abandonment of despair that was abashing because it was so naked.

Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928

A flush that she could feel rush up and that would not be controlled threw her into a state of agitation that was almost abashing to behold.

Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928

Tea that afternoon was that strangest of phenomena, a formal ceremony of civilized life performed in the abashing and disconcerting presence of naked emotion.

The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918