bashfully
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"A geek. That is really what I was at age 12," he admits bashfully.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2025
The ceremony didn’t bashfully suggest the show’s potential, rather, it kicked awards season’s door wide open, telling viewers that the Golden Globes is a powerhouse brand with plenty of fight left for another round.
From Salon ● Jan. 6, 2025
After dropping a season-best 35 points against Le Moyne, Watkins bashfully covered her face when Gottlieb heaped praise on her game and work ethic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
It sounds like fan fiction and looks like it, too, particularly when Galitzine dips his chin bashfully — a tic that Princess Diana passed on to her boys.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2023
The strap’s design was simple, unusual, and consisted of blue curls that Ten Snow bashfully explained were the uncoiled heads of new spring ferns, her husband’s favorite food.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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