sheepish
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I felt sheepish when my partner caught me sneaking a cookie shortly after I had encouraged him to forgo dessert so we could “be healthy together.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025
Neither Tongue, nor India's batters, seemed to know what was coming next, as the sheepish giggle after Jadeja's wicket suggested.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
Being able to use the food club is "pretty essential", he says, but admits that at first he felt "sheepish" about using it.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
“I have absolutely no problem walking into the woods and walking straight,” the first-time feature director says, with a sheepish smile, about his relative screenwriting inexperience.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025
Crane-man looked almost displeased for an instant; then his lips curled into a sheepish smile.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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