abashed

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They are now out of pocket, short on players and, perhaps, abashed at their complicity.

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

Still, the record should show that the people who created the society were themselves a bit abashed at choosing to name it after the Federalist Papers.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021

Riddle did not look remotely abashed; he was still staring coldly and appraisingly at Dumbledore.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling