abash
Example Sentences
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It’s a persuasive picture of a working artist, often fretting about money and trying to leverage his connections, and the actor makes the most of Hujar’s amusing, slightly abashed discursiveness.
They are now out of pocket, short on players and, perhaps, abashed at their complicity.
“We have quite a lot of work to do,” Chiappe says, looking somewhat abashed.
From Los Angeles Times
“This is not about running against them, it’s about running on what our record is. I’m very conservative, I’m not abashed by that and I challenge anybody’s record against mine that’s running,” Mr. Hern said.
From Washington Times
“We need money,” the older Gala blurts out to the abashed Dalí during one bellicose confrontation over his lack of productivity, “money, money!”
From New York Times
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