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
Through it all, he barely moved from the center of the stage, hinting at a certain bashfulness.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2019
When his friends play their trick on him, forcing him to acknowledge his feelings for his longtime antagonist, this Benedick’s face is endearingly swamped by giddiness, bashfulness and sentiment.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2015
He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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