The First Minister said Mr Davies should hold a mirror to his face when it comes to feeling ashamed of conduct over the last few days.

BBC: Rhodri Morgan at First Minister's Questions this week

She has since moved away from the Left, feeling "ashamed" by Labour critics of Nato air strikes in the Balkans and joining other senior Labour party members in criticising Ken Livingstone's candidacy for London mayor.

BBC: Question Time

She went back to her room with a wave of her hand and I left the apartment feeling angry and ashamed.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Trauma'

People who secretly feel like fakes and are feeling either gleeful or ashamed about it.

FORBES: The People of the Petabyte

After the relationship ended I went through a 10-year period of not knowing who I was, what I was, of feeling used and abused and ashamed.

BBC: Are there women paedophiles?

She was angry at him for pulling this stunt and ashamed of herself for feeling angry at him in his hour of need, and was trying to put the shame and anger behind her now so she could do what might be needed.

NEWYORKER: Tenth of December

Pearson appears to be ashamed of hip hop, a feeling he shares with many blacks and others who decry its sordid images as the refuse of the culture that should be taken away with the garbage.

NPR: Author Comes to Hip-Hop Music's Defense

Feeling guilty, it seems, is nothing to feel ashamed about.

BBC: Why feeling guilty may make you a better boss

Though breastfeeding activists are quick to assert that no woman should be made to feel ashamed of their choices, mothers who have turned to formula feeding report feeling judged and criticised.

BBC: Formula v breastfeeding: Should the state step in?