bashfully

Example Sentences

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Bashfully, he admitted his flashy footwear - specially made by a friend who “expected me to win gold” - no longer fit the occasion.

From Washington Times • Aug. 16, 2016

Bashfully, he admitted his flashy footwear — specially made by a friend who “expected me to win gold” — no longer fit the occasion.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2016

Bashfully, she put her face in her hands and shook her head.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 28, 2015

His reward: a little child oft Bashfully approached him, kissing His old hand with timid reverence; Also oft a grateful smile played O'er the features of the dying, Which was meant for the old priest.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

O'er those distant pine-tree forests Streamed the moonlight through the valley; Bashfully some stars already From the clear blue sky were peeping.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von