bashfully

When I credit her for discovering Jennifer Lawrence in casting her as Ree Dolly, she smiles bashfully, before backpedaling a bit.

Yeah,” she ponders the comparison, bashfully, again, before finally agreeing: “Yeah.

Sarah bashfully welcomed Skipper Worse, who patted her on the head; he had known her ever since she was a small child.

And so Jess Morse stepped forward, modestly, bashfully, and faced the great audience.

But it was only Ben, the hired man, who thrust his face bashfully around the edge of the door.

They bashfully sat down at some distance from our fire, and for a time did nothing but giggle and look shy.

"The lawyer said the islands were worth hundreds of thousands," Tessie murmured bashfully.