for very shame's sake
English
Adverb
for very shame's sake
- Alternative form of for shame's sake (“Owing to a sense of shame”)
- 1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan, OCLC 1085228267, page 22:
- For very shame’s sake I could hold out no longer,—and with a determined effort I broke the extraordinary dumb spell that had held me like a coward in silent hiding, and came forward boldly to confront my visitor.