bashful
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She makes her way to a cottage in the forest that is inhabited by seven dwarfs named Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy and Dopey who all work in a nearby mine.
From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022
Rudy Giuliani started Tuesday in the manner Americans have come to expect of the president’s lawyer: He attacked former FBI director James Comey by tweeting a cartoon image of Bashful from Disney’s “Snow White.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2018
Unlike the Thrifty Frankenstein or the Bashful Hamburglar, the Bloody Dracula is a trick that actually exists.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2018
Bashful about being there for 12 years, he murmurs: "There's a lack of momentum."
From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2013
Bashful, Sheed said, “That’s not the way I remember it.”
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
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