shamefaced
Example Sentences
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There are the shamefaced former members, who confess their gullibility as a kind of penance; there are the cockamamie claims on which the belief system is based.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
We also tend to assume that something is safe if everyone else is doing it, or at least maintain a shamefaced silence about our fears.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2020
They get shamefaced very quickly after I tell them I was burned badly as a child.
From Slate ● Mar. 26, 2020
Most cases end amicably: shamefaced neighbours return the cat, everyone moves on.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
He saw a shy but shamefaced curiosity in her, and several times she’d seemed about to speak, and then think better of it.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
