bashfulness
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Greenspan overcame his bashfulness in 1987 to ask Nancy Reagan, who frowned on unwed couples at formal events, if his invitation to a White House state dinner could include Mitchell as his guest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It was thrust upon him, he said, a calling that required him to transcend survivor’s guilt and bashfulness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Through it all, he barely moved from the center of the stage, hinting at a certain bashfulness.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2019
To hear the players tell it, they let Stafford and the Lions take it by falling victim to the most annoying late-game habit in football: defensive bashfulness.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2016
Poor Laurie didn’t know where to look, for, man though he was, something of the old bashfulness came over him as this burst of praise made all faces turn approvingly upon him.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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