shucks
Example Sentences
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It was an aggression not often shown by Elliott, so mild-mannered that “shucks” and “dang” are about as colorful as he gets.
From Seattle Times
For someone who wasn't a year old when Kelly attempted his final NFL pass, the strong-armed and fleet-footed Allen, with the boyhood looks and "awe shucks" charm is making everyone feel young again.
From Fox News
For someone who wasn’t a year old when Kelly attempted his final NFL pass, the strong-armed and fleet-footed Allen, with the boyhood looks and “awe shucks” charm is making everyone feel young again.
From Seattle Times
Suddenly, all the Hanksian “aw shucks”-ness fell away and he told me that he had played a villain, in the film Cloud Atlas.
From The Guardian
“I thought about the people my age who grew up watching 1930s Frank Capra movies about World War II small-town America — their ‘Aww shucks, folks’ healing attitude.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
