"Embarrassed" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sex. A thorough investigation, as well as demonstration, in these cases—so necessary to render instruction complete and effective—is, by a mixed audience, precluded; while the clinical lecturer is restrained and embarrassed in his inquiries, and must therefore fall short in the conclusions which he may draw, and in ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various
... came in shape of a wonderful diamond la valliere or pendant, and poor Mrs. Hollister was most embarrassed. ...
— Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl • Irene Elliott Benson
... my opinion. I did so as briefly as possible, repeating what I had said on the previous day. M. le Duc d'Orleans, during my short speech, was very attentive, but with the countenance of a man much embarrassed. ...
— The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete • Duc de Saint-Simon
... thinking," responded Mrs. Fowler, embarrassed, bewildered. Was it possible, she asked herself, that Gabriella had not ...
— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow
... mother, of course," remarked Borgert, when a cold and reproachful look out of Frau Clara's eyes made him stop in the middle of his sentence. There was an embarrassed silence for a minute, and when the talk was resumed it no longer furnished such "interesting" material. Captain Koenig's yawning became more pronounced, and Leimann was leaning back in his chair, dozing, with mouth ...
— A Little Garrison - A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day • Fritz von der Kyrburg
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