bashfulness
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Greenspan overcame his bashfulness in 1987 to ask Nancy Reagan, who frowned on unwed couples at formal events, if his invitation to a White House state dinner could include Mitchell as his guest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It was thrust upon him, he said, a calling that required him to transcend survivor’s guilt and bashfulness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Neither would give their last names, out of a combination of bashfulness and distrust in the media.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 4, 2020
A painter nearing 80 and recuperating from a hip replacement, he has the imperiousness and bashfulness of a lion in winter.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2019
A bashfulness came over Javier, and Moss appreciated that he wasn’t the only vulnerable one in the room.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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