That was something she was secretly ashamed of; that she could not make full contact with Kyrr's mind unless she performed a full bonding.

He had been secretly relieved when a frantic call from Pramod had pulled him, shaking inside, away from the excruciating interrogation of Silver; as secretly ashamed of his relief.

He is secretly ashamed of his youngest son Chris Rodke, for being a homosexual.

He knew this as well as she did and was secretly ashamed of himself.

Arthur was astonishingly handsome in his scarlet and yellow, and he knew it well, but was secretly ashamed of the uniform.

Custom had dinned into his ears a superstitious reverence for that which tangibly and physically exists, and had made him secretly ashamed to dwell in visions.

By contrast, Felix and I were secretly ashamed of father's epistles.

He felt secretly ashamed of the superior fortitude exhibited by Cornelia.

Was Stevens secretly ashamed of something and afraid that if he said too much he would reveal a guilty secret?

"All my life I think I have been secretly ashamed of being an actor," wrote Burton in one of the abundant notebook entries that alone make this biography worthwhile.