abashed

Example Sentences

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It’s a persuasive picture of a working artist, often fretting about money and trying to leverage his connections, and the actor makes the most of Hujar’s amusing, slightly abashed discursiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

“We have quite a lot of work to do,” Chiappe says, looking somewhat abashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

He said: "We are not going to be in any way deterred or abashed by some of the criticism that is being directed upon this policy, some of it from slightly unexpected quarters."

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2022

“I’m acutely conscious that there is not enough we can do, as the U.K. government, to help in the way that you want,” an abashed Mr. Johnson responded.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

The girl was abashed, and bowed very low to hide her confusion.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman