shamefaced

Example Sentences

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The fallout, so far, has included shamefaced admissions and apologies from judges; a promise of improvement from the Administrative Office of the U.S.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

In such company, The Book of Henry seems likely to slink away shamefaced, but unnoticed.

From The Guardian • Jun. 22, 2017

What’s been excised in both cases is the awkward and the homely, the oddball and the failing—in short, all acknowledgement of our thwarted, shamefaced cravings for connection and intimacy.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2016

He, at least, had had the grace to be shamefaced.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2011

Lupita stood for a moment, looking up into Captain Ortega’s fierce, dark eyes; then she gazed past him at shamefaced Paco.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty