bashful
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“I’ll be honest,” Carr said with a bashful smile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
"Now our street is almost full, and more people are on their way," she said with an incredulous laugh, a bashful smile lighting up her face.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
The hosts are not bashful about having conflicts of interest.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026
Armstrong, though, has been far from bashful about his ambitions for Coinbase, which he positioned as the American company to bring crypto into the mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
But Mrs. Ashida was bashful; she rubbed her eyes with her baby-plump hands and laughed.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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