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

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

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

There was somehow something shamefaced in him as he answered.

From The Guardian • Nov. 2, 2017

I received a shamefaced apology from the boy and was instructed not to worry about him further.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama