Sentence examples for shame to avoid from inspiring English sources

It would be as much a crying shame to avoid visiting Mexico now because of your concerns as it would be to miss out seeing South Africa because of some of the stories emanating from there.

Back in Rhode Island, people wondered whether Mr. Cianci would be sufficiently shamed to avoid the public stage upon his release, and whether the state was sufficiently weary of him.

Partners who felt shame tended to avoid negotiation and made fewer efforts to problem solve differences.

The NSA's extensive apparatus of surveillance may thus ultimately reach so far it ends up checking its own advance by forcing a publicly shamed government to avoid democratic censure by policing itself.

Everyone reacts differently, but guilt and shame are hard to avoid.

People who are estranged from family members often don't speak about it — out of shame, embarrassment or to avoid the judgment of acquaintances.

The prosecution was going to walk the jury through the shooting, with photographs of the crime scene, and there was no shame in wanting to avoid that spectacle.

He acknowledges the power of Sonnet 129 ("Th'expense of spirit in a waste of shame") but tries to avoid the conclusion – "perhaps I can't" – that it's just a horribly misogynist poem.

It's both ugly and essential, so essential that it creates a feeling of shame and resentment and to avoid being disturbed by the thought we push it out of our minds, into the shadows, where the cops who protect us go about the dirty work of using the threat of violence to enforce the law.

Alternately, our study showed that women who adopted emotion-focused coping strategies felt shame and tended to avoid others, including peers, relatives and community members.

People seek to avoid shame in many ways.