Sentence examples for be afraid of ashamed from inspiring English sources
But I grew up feeling that sex, my body, and my sexuality were something I should be afraid of, ashamed of, and at all costs kept secret, so that when I did need help, I couldn't ask for it.
One of the messages he was trying to counteract was the idea that girls shouldn't be sexual, or should be afraid of sexuality, or should be ashamed of a sexual desire to submit, or to dominate, or both at once.
I was afraid of her, I was ashamed of her; that afternoon I behaved like a dyed-in-the-wool anti-Semite of the worst kind: a Jewish anti-Semite.
Now, after, I am afraid of drawing attention to myself and ashamed of my fear.
He says the fields are dotted here and there with cows and he's ashamed to say he's afraid of them.
She dismissed any feelings of shame: "It wasn't so much that I was ashamed myself, but I was afraid of other people's reactions".
Although she was ashamed to admit it she was afraid of the boy too.
Many people are afraid of admitting their financial cluelessness to others, or they're ashamed of their bad decisions.
They feel ashamed of their feelings of fatigue, anger, and frustration and are afraid of being perceived by others as inadequate or bad partners.
