"Humiliated" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... thoroughly ashamed of himself. To be "sech a duffer" as to return that money, when by means of a little strategy he might have kept it, made him feel both humiliated and indignant. A hundred and forty dollars; When would he have a chance to get such a windfall again? Pah! he was a fool—to copy his identical thoughts: "a ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville • Edith Van Dyne
... while the color slowly returned to her cheeks. Then the letter faded from her sight, and she saw a face that wore a cruel smile, and heard a voice that bade her begone. And suddenly a wave of resentment, of anger, swept over her. To have been scorned, flouted, humiliated by one to whom—And here was a man who wanted her as he wanted nothing else in the world, who would toil for her, die for her, who would treasure every word and smile she should consent to give him, whose one desire was to make her happy. ...
— The Heart of Thunder Mountain • Edfrid A. Bingham
... absolutely mute and unresponsive as she had been? He felt glad he had not given her the chance to snub him again. These last days he had been able to keep to his determination, and at all events did not feel himself humiliated. How long would it be before he should cease to care for her? He hoped to God—soon, because the strain of crushing his passionate desires was one which no man could ...
— The Reason Why • Elinor Glyn
... dreaded the question. Someway, now that it was all over and the prize was his, he was ashamed that he had not won it more fairly and humiliated that he was not what she believed him, a pillar of the Evening Sentinel. But Amory had miraculously heard ...
— Romance Island • Zona Gale
... My enemies have been humiliated. 2. I have been asked a favor (use on construction). 3. I was accosted one day by a friend. 4. The watch was repaired by the watchmaker. 5. She was covered with confusion. 6. You have been fooled by somebody. 7. This menagerie is managed by my wife. 8. I ...
— French Conversation and Composition • Harry Vincent Wann
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