bashfulness
Example Sentences
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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
Neither would give their last names, out of a combination of bashfulness and distrust in the media.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2020
Through it all, he barely moved from the center of the stage, hinting at a certain bashfulness.
From Slate • Oct. 4, 2019
Her tone later changed into gratitude and, finally, bashfulness as the curtain call went on.
From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017
He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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