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
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
Laurie’s bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo’s gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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