This single encounter, hand to hand, was more or less of a novelty to him, but instead of Abashing or cowing him, it merely brought to the surface all his coldness of mind, all of his cunning.
"The Rangeland Avenger"
Max Brand
Thereupon the caffe laughed, and laughed with an Abashing vehemence that disconcerted the spies.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
They will meet his attack by bringing up their authorities as a way of Abashing him-argumentum ad verecundiam, and then cry out that they have won the battle.
"The Art of Literature"
Arthur Schopenhauer