It seemed somehow shameful that she had been willing to let him and shame is what gave her the strength to push him away.

It comforted him to have some definite complaint against her; everything else he felt was so vague and somehow shameful.

There is a culture of envy here that makes wealth somehow shameful.

We chatted about how, when we were young and pre-teen, buying comics seemed somehow shameful.

We all looked away, as if it were somehow shameful to watch.

It was somehow shameful, somehow embarrassing.

The increasingly common use of "progressive" as a euphemism for "liberal" only validates right-wing insinuations that liberalism is somehow shameful.

But what he does to make ends meet is kept secret because it is somehow shameful or illicit.

Herb lowered his face for a moment, as if the idea of inspiration struck him as somehow shameful.

First is the notion that having as little courage as an ordinary person is somehow shameful, that you must have more than your share.