bashfulness
Example Sentences
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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
Neither would give their last names, out of a combination of bashfulness and distrust in the media.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2020
A painter nearing 80 and recuperating from a hip replacement, he has the imperiousness and bashfulness of a lion in winter.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 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
He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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