bashfulness

Example Sentences

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Her tone later changed into gratitude and, finally, bashfulness as the curtain call went on.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017

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

He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor