shamefaced
Example Sentences
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There are the shamefaced former members, who confess their gullibility as a kind of penance; there are the cockamamie claims on which the belief system is based.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Most cases end amicably: shamefaced neighbours return the cat, everyone moves on.
From The Guardian • Jan. 22, 2020
I received the same shamefaced response when I called the other two physicians in the Senate—Rand Paul of Kentucky and John Barrasso of Wyoming.
From Slate • Nov. 29, 2017
Who can put a price tag on the shamefaced retraction I owe that guy from Takoma Park?
From Washington Post • Oct. 7, 2015
Fingers smarting, the shamefaced Taran hurried from the cottage and found Coll near the vegetable garden.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
