abashed

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They are now out of pocket, short on players and, perhaps, abashed at their complicity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“We have quite a lot of work to do,” Chiappe says, looking somewhat abashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

“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 • Jun. 8, 2023

Jarreau continues and Belafonte remains slightly abashed until his smile broadens, as if he's accepting his signature tune's supernaturally unifying power.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2023

Mrs. Pocket’s dignity was so crushing, that I felt quite abashed, as if I myself had done something to rouse it.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens