sound ashamed

Frequency: 6.89.1 per million words

To sound as if one is ashamed, based on their voice.

ashamedVERBS + ashamed

Categories:

sound

Examples (10)

  • When she apologized, she sounded genuinely ashamed.
  • He always sounds ashamed when he talks about his past mistakes.
  • Why do you sound so ashamed? You did nothing wrong.
  • The boy, sounding deeply ashamed, confessed to breaking the window.
  • He tried not to sound ashamed, but his trembling voice gave him away.
  • If he tells the truth, he will probably sound ashamed of his actions.
  • She sounded slightly ashamed when admitting she had forgotten the appointment.
  • Despite his confident words, the slight waver in his tone made him sound ashamed.
  • I've never heard him sound so ashamed before.
  • You don't need to sound ashamed for asking for help.