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

When young Werner saw her coming, Bashfully his arm he offered, And bewildered were his senses.

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

Bashfully, swimmingly, pleadingly, scoffingly, Temptingly, languidly, lovingly, laughingly, Witchingly, roguishly, playfully, naughtily, Willfully, waywardly, meltingly, haughtily, Gleamed the eyes of Yang Kuei Fei.

From Court Life in China by Headland, Isaac Taylor