In the course of a week it was an open secret to the whole village that the engagement was at an end, that Dr. Lana had behaved shamefully to the young lady, and that Arthur Morton, her brother, was talking of horse-whipping him.

'My dear son,' said she, 'I am sorry to see you so much concerned; those people have behaved shamefully!'

Frank Churchill's confession of having behaved shamefully was the first thing to call for more than a word in passing.

"In the presence of Moscow I have to say you have behaved shamefully," Mr. Gorbachev fairly hissed at the Mayor, providing the public with one of the few moments of genuine interest that the discredited party has been able to generate lately.

Developed countries have behaved shamefully, blocking meaningful progress on tackling climate change.

The main thing was where was the master, and what was he going to do about a rebellious and disrespectful convict servant who had behaved shamefully in his toilet-room?

Edward, I am well aware that I have behaved shamefully.

A statement from the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France said Mr. Papon had behaved shamefully in "calling into question the Jewish victims" of the Vichy leader, Philippe Petain.

Many MPs, in going out of their way to stack up votes for the Miliband brothers, have behaved shamefully in denying the true progressive section of the party a voice.