bashfulness

Example Sentences

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The two boys share a combination of bashfulness and optimism as they embark on an adventure unlike anything either has attempted before.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2019

Just don’t tell him he’s a star, because he will shake his head and grin with genuine bashfulness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2017

To hear the players tell it, they let Stafford and the Lions take it by falling victim to the most annoying late-game habit in football: defensive bashfulness.

From Washington Post • Oct. 23, 2016

It comes out frankly and proclaims, without bashfulness, or any sign of a blush, that it is the noblest work of God.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2013

Caroline’s lips were trembling with a mixture of fear and bashfulness.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat